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Mouse Without Borders interferes with Rich Text in clipboard

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Issue-Bug Needs-Triage Product-Mouse Without Borders
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Description

### Microsoft PowerToys version

0.99.1

### Installation method

PowerToys auto-update

### Area(s) with issue?

Mouse Without Borders

### Steps to reproduce

After some time (10-20 minutes) the clipboard starts behaving erratically in Office and some other software:

- Formatting is discarded,
- Office apps show only "paste as text" option,
- context menu disappears when hovering over it,
- text is not copied sometimes
- clipboard history stops collecting new entries

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Restarting PowerToys or just MWB seems to alleviate the issue at least temporarily.
Closing PowerToys or disabling MWB immediately resolves all clipboard issues.

### ✔️ Expected Behavior

_No response_

### ❌ Actual Behavior

_No response_

### Upload Bug Report ZIP-file

[PowerToysReport_2026-05-12-14-09-34.zip](https://github.com/user-attachments/files/27636350/PowerToysReport_2026-05-12-14-09-34.zip)

### Additional Information

Microsoft Windows 11 Enterprise
Version 10.0.26100 Build 26100
Locale United States

### Other Software

Microsoft® Excel® for Microsoft 365 MSO (Version 2603 Build 16.0.19822.20086) 64-bit

Contributor guide

Open the contributing guide

Research direction

Start with the Mouse Without Borders area and the attached PowerToys report, then reproduce the clipboard problem in Office or Excel after 10–20 minutes with MWB enabled. Done means rich formatting, paste options, context menus, copying, and clipboard history continue working normally without restarting or disabling PowerToys.

Written by the indexing model from the issue text.

Assessment

Domain
desktop
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Quiet
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
38/100

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