microsoft / microsoft/PowerToys
Mouse Without Borders interferes with Rich Text in clipboard
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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
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
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### ❌ 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
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