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Application Hangs When a Single GridView Cell is Copied in Windows 11

Environment

Product Version Product Author
2023.1.117 RadGridView for WinForms Desislava Yordanova

Description

When a single cell is copied in RadGridView with a sufficient number of records (e.g. 50 000), the UI stays frozen and eventually leads to this error:

Windows11 Clipboard Error

Such behavior is observed only on Windows 11 Version 22H2 machines.

Solution

It seems that Windows 11 comes with an improved clipboard: "The upcoming Windows 11 update, also known as version 22H2 or Sun Valley 2, will introduce support for Smart Clipboard, which will offer a new way to paste contents between apps.".

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Currently, the possible solution is to disable Suggested Actions temporarily to avoid this undesired behavior: Select Start > Settings > System > Clipboard > and turn the Suggested actions toggle Off:

Windows11 Clipboard Freeze

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