| Problem: You
select a decision tree node, run TreePlan, select to modify the tree
structure (for example, add a branch or change a node), click OK, and you receive an error message like the
following:
 "The
Clipboard cannot be emptied. Another program might be using the
Clipboard." A similar error message on some systems is "Cannot
empty the Clipboard." Possible cause: Another
program is continuously monitoring the Clipboard.
When TreePlan redraws the tree diagram, Excel must also use the
Clipboard for Copy and Paste operations.
If two applications try to use the Clipboard at the same time, the
error message is displayed. Solution: Close
applications that monitor the Clipboard before running Excel and
TreePlan. There are reports that Clipboard-monitoring applications
include Outlook and the Skype add-in for browsers, and there may be
other applications that cause the same error. More
information:
(1) A developer of Excel add-ins reported this problem to the
Microsoft Developer Network (MSDN) support team.
On October 14, 2011, the developer wrote "The appearance of this
dialog is clearly an architectural defect in Windows/Office clipboard
management, and the MSDN team acknowledged this. They did not have a
solution, and they promised to escalate this issue of MS Office
development."
For more discussions, browse to
http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/office/forum/office_2010-excel?tab=all
and search for "clipboard." (2) A web page dated Sep 20,
2008, proposes several methods to fix the problem. The page (with
misspelled "cannont" in its URL) is at
http://www.online-tech-tips.com/ms-office-tips/cannont-empty-clipboard
(3) Search Google or Bing for "clipboard cannot be emptied" or "cannot
empty clipboard" or the exact wording of the specific error message you
see (without the quote marks). |
