Disable Remote Desktop Clipboard sharing?

The automatic clipboard sharing in Remote Desktop
(mstsc.exe) is convenient, but it would be nice to be able
to shut it off. If I have a remote session open, and the
remote PC is doing a lot of copying (ie an Excel macro is
running), my local clipboard is constantly getting new
data.

Does anyone know if it can be disabled? (Short of shutting
down the remote connection?)

You might look at configuring the Group Policy that deals with "clipboard redirection". Run
"Start -> Run -> gpedit.msc" and navigate to the "Local Computer Policy -> Computer Configuration ->
Administrative Templates -> Windows Components -> Terminal Services -> Client/Server data
redirection -> Do not allow clipboard redirection".

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"Scott Carpenter" <scott.carpenter@fmr.com> wrote in message
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> The automatic clipboard sharing in Remote Desktop
> (mstsc.exe) is convenient, but it would be nice to be able
> to shut it off. If I have a remote session open, and the
> remote PC is doing a lot of copying (ie an Excel macro is
> running), my local clipboard is constantly getting new
> data.
>
> Does anyone know if it can be disabled? (Short of shutting
> down the remote connection?)


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Thank you. I was out of the office and just got your post
today.
This worked, although I had to reboot the remote PC to
make it work ("gpupdate /force" did not seem to work).

I'm guessing the next answer is "no", but do you know of a
way to *allow* clipboard redirection, but not make it
*automatic*?
For example, PCAnywhere has an icon on the toolbar to copy
the clipboard from/to client/host.

>-----Original Message-----
>You might look at configuring the Group Policy that deals
with "clipboard redirection". Run
>"Start -> Run -> gpedit.msc" and navigate to the "Local
Computer Policy -> Computer Configuration ->
>Administrative Templates -> Windows Components ->
Terminal Services -> Client/Server data
>redirection -> Do not allow clipboard redirection".
>
>--
> Al
>
>Please post *ALL* questions and replies to the news group
for the mutual
>benefit of all of us...Unsolicited personal emails are
*NOT* answered.
>
>"Scott Carpenter" <scott.carpenter@fmr.com> wrote in
message
>news:08d101c34bc5$7f4a92a0$a001280a@phx.gbl...
>> The automatic clipboard sharing in Remote Desktop
>> (mstsc.exe) is convenient, but it would be nice to be
able
>> to shut it off. If I have a remote session open, and the
>> remote PC is doing a lot of copying (ie an Excel macro
is
>> running), my local clipboard is constantly getting new
>> data.
>>
>> Does anyone know if it can be disabled? (Short of
shutting
>> down the remote connection?)
>
>
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I believe it is an all or nothing situation...Not as you describe with PCAnywhere...

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"Scott Carpenter" <scott.carpenter@fmr.com> wrote in message
news:026701c35548$a4b22350$a501280a@phx.gbl...
> Thank you. I was out of the office and just got your post
> today.
> This worked, although I had to reboot the remote PC to
> make it work ("gpupdate /force" did not seem to work).
>
> I'm guessing the next answer is "no", but do you know of a
> way to *allow* clipboard redirection, but not make it
> *automatic*?
> For example, PCAnywhere has an icon on the toolbar to copy
> the clipboard from/to client/host.
>
> >-----Original Message-----
> >You might look at configuring the Group Policy that deals
> with "clipboard redirection". Run
> >"Start -> Run -> gpedit.msc" and navigate to the "Local
> Computer Policy -> Computer Configuration ->
> >Administrative Templates -> Windows Components ->
> Terminal Services -> Client/Server data
> >redirection -> Do not allow clipboard redirection".
> >
> >--
> > Al
> >
> >Please post *ALL* questions and replies to the news group
> for the mutual
> >benefit of all of us...Unsolicited personal emails are
> *NOT* answered.
> >
> >"Scott Carpenter" <scott.carpenter@fmr.com> wrote in
> message
> >news:08d101c34bc5$7f4a92a0$a001280a@phx.gbl...
> >> The automatic clipboard sharing in Remote Desktop
> >> (mstsc.exe) is convenient, but it would be nice to be
> able
> >> to shut it off. If I have a remote session open, and the
> >> remote PC is doing a lot of copying (ie an Excel macro
> is
> >> running), my local clipboard is constantly getting new
> >> data.
> >>
> >> Does anyone know if it can be disabled? (Short of
> shutting
> >> down the remote connection?)
> >


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