IE7, Vista Can't Paste URL Into IE

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John - 18 Jun 2008 15:31 GMT

Curious behavior. IE 7, Vista Business. I have a text document open in
Notepad. I copy a url from the text document. Then I open IE and try to
paste it into the url address bar but nothing gets pasted into the address
bar. The only thing that happens is the currently displayed url (the one
before the paste attempt) simple disappears. It's like I pasted a blank url.

Any thoughts appreciated.

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Robert Aldwinckle - 18 Jun 2008 20:54 GMT

> Curious behavior. IE 7, Vista Business. I have a text document open in
> Notepad. I copy a url from the text document. Then I open IE and try to
> paste it into the url address bar but nothing gets pasted into the address
> bar. The only thing that happens is the currently displayed url (the one
> before the paste attempt) simple disappears. It's like I pasted a blank url.

It's probably the wrong datatype.

Can you paste into a Notepad window instead?
If so, recopy the text from it. Then you will be able to paste
into the Address bar.

> Any thoughts appreciated.

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Frank Saunders MS-MVP IE,OE/WM - 20 Jun 2008 12:34 GMT

> Curious behavior. IE 7, Vista Business. I have a text document open in
> Notepad. I copy a url from the text document. Then I open IE and try to
> paste it into the url address bar but nothing gets pasted into the
> address bar. The only thing that happens is the currently displayed url
> (the one before the paste attempt) simple disappears. It's like I pasted a
> blank url.

How are you copying? Ctrl-C?

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