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Subhadip Roy
Asked: 2020-05-20 10:10:43 +0800 CST

Cut-Paste or Copy-Paste not working on Ubuntu 20.04 on using right-click context menu

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I tried to cut/copy a file from one folder and paste it in another folder using the right-click context menu. However, the paste option is not working. The problem does not happen within same folder. How to solve this issue?

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4 Answers

  1. Best Answer

    There are fundamental bugs in ubuntu 20.04 that have not been fixed. This is such a basic problem I can't believe it is being treated as a 'medium' severity error.

    In https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/mutter/+bug/1852183 they claimed to have fixed it, but they haven't - it has just changed a bit. See https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/mutter/+bug/1879968

    In 20.10 with all updates it's been fixed for some weeks now.

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  2. Solution:

    1. Access your "Desktop" folder from "Home".
    2. Copy/cut from there and paste to any folder.

    Note: Copying from your desktop directly may not work except you change the permission of the Desktop folder from "Home".

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  3. Suddenly Ubuntu 20.4 is not allowing me to copy/cut and paste saved docs from desktop directly into folders within my documents. If you are having this problem create a folder on Desktop first, then copy/cut and paste all you saved docs from Desktop to the folder and then it will allow you to cut/copy and paste to any other folder in your documents.

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  4. Make sure that your VirtualBox Settings under General - Advanced is set to Bidirectional for Shared Clipboard and Drag'n'Drop

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