I have Windows xp and for months I have been unable to normally copy and paste links to pages,..unless I right click on the Properties and then click Copy. Only then can I paste the link.

I never had any issues until my computer crashed about 4 months back and we had to reload Windows.

I have googled this problem and found no answers.

It is really a huge pain that I am unable to GO to my browser window and copy the url to paste elsewhere. When I try to do this and go to paste,..there is a blank. Nothing pastes.

As I said earlier,..the only way that I can copy and paste urls,.is to go to Properties and copy it there.

For the most part I am able to copy and paste print on pages,..but not urls in browsers. Help!

Thanks!
"Properties" where?  What browser are you using? And what app is being used to create these pages ? ? Word? Wordpad ? Other ?I am using INTERNET Explorer. I will right click on a page and then click onto the Properties in order to be able to copy a url. When I click onto the url in the browser and highlight it, I try to copy it and it appears that I do,...but when I go to another page to Paste it,..it will not paste anything.
As far as "what app is being used"....I am not using an app,..but simply using my computer normally.
I simply have lost the ability to use my normal copy and paste function, and can not figure out WHY.I still don't get it...are ypu pasting it into the address bar and hitting Enter ? ?
That should work...
What happens if you simply click on the link ? ?
You can set IE...or any other browser to open any link in a new window.Ok,...I will try to be clearer in what my problem is. Let's say that I want to send  a link to a YouTube video to a friend of mine in an email. The normal course would be for me to go to the page of the video,..place my mouse on the browser url,..highlight it,..and then right-click Copy.  I then go to my email and in the email I go to Paste,...and NOTHING is pasted. I am not able to Copy and Paste URL's from browsers.
If I go back to the page and right click my mouse and get the Properties, the box will APPEAR and I have to copy the Address url and then go back to my email, before it will Paste. That is the ONLY way that I can Copy and Paste url's. My question is WHY have I lost the ability to Copy and Paste a url from a browser?Try these :
Go to IE Tools - Internet Options - Security tab - Custom Level ( Internet highlight) - Scroll down and look for Drag and drop or copy and paste FILES. Hit Ok, Apply - Ok.What happens if you use this method.
1.Highlight the URL to be copied.
2.together click on "control/C" on the keyboard
3.open whatever it is you want to copy the URL to (new browser window/e-mail content/whatever
4.Place your cursor(mouse) wherever you want to place the copied URL (ensure you see the cursor there).Click the left mouse key to place the cursor there.
5.click together "control/V on the keyboard
6.Your copied URL should appear.
truenorth