# Copy and Paste to Media Description not working after update to 8.04 **URL:** \ **Category:** RootsMagic\ **Tags:** question, rootsmagic\ **Created:** [October 13, 2021, 1:13am UTC](https://community.rootsmagic.com/t/copy-and-paste-to-media-description-not-working-after-update-to-8-04/1535 "2021-10-13T01:13:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![lvich](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/9e8a1a/32.png) [@lvich](https://community.rootsmagic.com/u/lvich)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2021, 1:13am UTC](https://community.rootsmagic.com/t/copy-and-paste-to-media-description-not-working-after-update-to-8-04/1535/1 "2021-10-13T01:13:26Z")
OK, this is going to cause me great frustration. When I add a citation, I create a description of what I have found and place it in the Research Note of the citation. I then copy that and paste it into the description for the media that I add. However, after updating to 8.04 on my Windows 10 laptop, I can no longer paste using Control+V or the icons for paste. I get an Unexpected Error: Error reading TStateSaver.ElementClass: Property ElementClass does not exist. I have repeated this several times and have restarted the program, the computer, etc. This will be a horrible slowdown! ---
**Author:** ![KaitlinB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/aeb1de/32.png) [@KaitlinB](https://community.rootsmagic.com/u/KaitlinB)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2021, 1:56am UTC](https://community.rootsmagic.com/t/copy-and-paste-to-media-description-not-working-after-update-to-8-04/1535/2 "2021-10-13T01:56:45Z")
There is another thread about this issue, it was suggested restarting would help. I tried it (after getting this error) and lost all of the data I had input today following the update. ---
**Author:** ![klmeagher](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/community.rootsmagic.com/klmeagher/32/165_2.png) [@klmeagher](https://community.rootsmagic.com/u/klmeagher)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2021, 2:09am UTC](https://community.rootsmagic.com/t/copy-and-paste-to-media-description-not-working-after-update-to-8-04/1535/3 "2021-10-13T02:09:52Z")
Try using CTRL+SHIFT+V to paste rather than CTRL+V ---
**Author:** ![lvich](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/9e8a1a/32.png) [@lvich](https://community.rootsmagic.com/u/lvich)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2021, 3:54am UTC](https://community.rootsmagic.com/t/copy-and-paste-to-media-description-not-working-after-update-to-8-04/1535/4 "2021-10-13T03:54:30Z")
I’ll try. This seems to be the only location where I am unable to paste. ---
**Author:** ![Soprano91396](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/community.rootsmagic.com/soprano91396/32/87_2.png) [@Soprano91396](https://community.rootsmagic.com/u/Soprano91396)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2021, 11:07pm UTC](https://community.rootsmagic.com/t/copy-and-paste-to-media-description-not-working-after-update-to-8-04/1535/5 "2021-10-13T23:07:47Z")
This is the same problem I had, but mine is in the Notes section for individuals (see [Unable to paste in Notes with v. 8.0.4 -- 'Unexpected error' - and how to revert to 8.0.1?](https://community.rootsmagic.com/t/unable-to-paste-in-notes-with-v-8-0-4-unexpected-error-and-how-to-revert-to-8-0-1/1482)). I’ve submitted a support ticket for the issue, and you might consider doing the same; maybe if they get several tickets they’ll look into it. I suspect that my problem might have something to do with the active URLs I paste into my notes linking individual facts to the corresponding FamilySearch records, but really not sure. I’m getting by using CTL-SHIFT-V to paste, but I really hope the developers can fix this. ---
**Author:** ![daveancestry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e95f7d/32.png) [@daveancestry](https://community.rootsmagic.com/u/daveancestry)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2021, 6:03pm UTC](https://community.rootsmagic.com/t/copy-and-paste-to-media-description-not-working-after-update-to-8-04/1535/6 "2021-10-30T18:03:05Z")
Yes, I have been experiencing the lack of copy and paste. CTL-C does copy and CTL-SHIFT-V does paste but not the standard CTL-V. I can live with that if I have to but hope it gets corrected. Using the mouse does not seem to work.