OpenClipboard Failed (Exception from HRESULT: 0x800401D0 (CLIPBRD_E_CANT_OPEN))

[ghost]

While working with the Snoop WPF utility. Got this error very frequent.

Message: OpenClipboard Failed (Exception from HRESULT: 0x800401D0 (CLIPBRD_E_CANT_OPEN))
Stacktrace:
at System.Runtime.InteropServices.Marshal.ThrowExceptionForHRInternal(Int32 errorCode, IntPtr errorInfo)
at System.Runtime.InteropServices.Marshal.ThrowExceptionForHR(Int32 errorCode, IntPtr errorInfo)
at System.Windows.Clipboard.Flush()
at System.Windows.Clipboard.CriticalSetDataObject(Object data, Boolean copy)
at System.Windows.Clipboard.SetDataInternal(String format, Object data)
at System.Windows.Clipboard.SetText(String text, TextDataFormat format)
at System.Windows.Clipboard.SetText(String text)
at Snoop.EditedPropertiesHelper.DumpObjectsWithEditedProperties()
at Snoop.SnoopUI.OnClosing(CancelEventArgs e)
at System.Windows.Window.WmClose()
at System.Windows.Window.WindowFilterMessage(IntPtr hwnd, Int32 msg, IntPtr wParam, IntPtr lParam, Boolean& handled)
at System.Windows.Interop.HwndSource.PublicHooksFilterMessage(IntPtr hwnd, Int32 msg, IntPtr wParam, IntPtr lParam, Boolean& handled)
at MS.Win32.HwndWrapper.WndProc(IntPtr hwnd, Int32 msg, IntPtr wParam, IntPtr lParam, Boolean& handled)
at MS.Win32.HwndSubclass.DispatcherCallbackOperation(Object o)
at System.Windows.Threading.ExceptionWrapper.InternalRealCall(Delegate callback, Object args, Int32 numArgs)
at MS.Internal.Threading.ExceptionFilterHelper.TryCatchWhen(Object source, Delegate method, Object args, Int32 numArgs, Delegate catchHandler)

[nwolverson]

Duplicates #12 #14.

Been having this issue in another application recently, and as per http://stackoverflow.com/questions/12769264/openclipboard-failed-when-copy-pasting-data-from-wpf-datagrid switching to SetDataObject seemed to resolve the issue.

[batzen]

I fixed this a while ago by forwarding all Clipboard usages to a helper class which uses System.Windows.Forms.Clipboard