diff --git a/Flow.Launcher.Plugin/Interfaces/IPublicAPI.cs b/Flow.Launcher.Plugin/Interfaces/IPublicAPI.cs
index d0fdf136b..24d4c9a73 100644
--- a/Flow.Launcher.Plugin/Interfaces/IPublicAPI.cs
+++ b/Flow.Launcher.Plugin/Interfaces/IPublicAPI.cs
@@ -40,7 +40,8 @@ namespace Flow.Launcher.Plugin
         void ShellRun(string cmd, string filename = "cmd.exe");
         
         /// <summary>
-        /// Copy Text to clipboard
+        /// If the passed in text is the path to a file or directory, the actual file/directory will
+        /// be copied to clipboard. Otherwise the text itself will be copied to clipboard.
         /// </summary>
         /// <param name="text">Text to save on clipboard</param>
         public void CopyToClipboard(string text);
diff --git a/Flow.Launcher/MainWindow.xaml.cs b/Flow.Launcher/MainWindow.xaml.cs
index 1e7735fb2..6ee0e24c1 100644
--- a/Flow.Launcher/MainWindow.xaml.cs
+++ b/Flow.Launcher/MainWindow.xaml.cs
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ namespace Flow.Launcher
             }
             else if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(QueryTextBox.Text))
             {
-                System.Windows.Clipboard.SetText(QueryTextBox.SelectedText);
+                System.Windows.Clipboard.SetDataObject(QueryTextBox.SelectedText);
             }
         }
         
diff --git a/Flow.Launcher/ViewModel/MainViewModel.cs b/Flow.Launcher/ViewModel/MainViewModel.cs
index 8529df7b3..354b625a4 100644
--- a/Flow.Launcher/ViewModel/MainViewModel.cs
+++ b/Flow.Launcher/ViewModel/MainViewModel.cs
@@ -1112,11 +1112,10 @@ namespace Flow.Launcher.ViewModel
         public void ResultCopy(string stringToCopy)
         {
             if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(stringToCopy))
-            {
                 return;
-            }
+
             var isFile = File.Exists(stringToCopy);
-            var isFolder = Directory.Exists(stringToCopy);
+            var isFolder = isFile ? false : Directory.Exists(stringToCopy); // No need to eval directory exists if determined that file exists 
             if (isFile || isFolder)
             {
                 var paths = new StringCollection
@@ -1125,6 +1124,7 @@ namespace Flow.Launcher.ViewModel
                 };
 
                 Clipboard.SetFileDropList(paths);
+                
                 App.API.ShowMsg(
                     $"{App.API.GetTranslation("copy")} {(isFile ? App.API.GetTranslation("fileTitle") : App.API.GetTranslation("folderTitle"))}",
                     App.API.GetTranslation("completedSuccessfully"));
@@ -1132,6 +1132,7 @@ namespace Flow.Launcher.ViewModel
             else
             {
                 Clipboard.SetDataObject(stringToCopy);
+                
                 App.API.ShowMsg(
                     $"{App.API.GetTranslation("copy")} {App.API.GetTranslation("textTitle")}",
                     App.API.GetTranslation("completedSuccessfully"));
diff --git a/Plugins/Flow.Launcher.Plugin.BrowserBookmark/Main.cs b/Plugins/Flow.Launcher.Plugin.BrowserBookmark/Main.cs
index d9a719272..3ac12dc2e 100644
--- a/Plugins/Flow.Launcher.Plugin.BrowserBookmark/Main.cs
+++ b/Plugins/Flow.Launcher.Plugin.BrowserBookmark/Main.cs
@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@ namespace Flow.Launcher.Plugin.BrowserBookmark
                     {
                         try
                         {
-                            Clipboard.SetDataObject(((BookmarkAttributes)selectedResult.ContextData).Url);
+                            context.API.CopyToClipboard(((BookmarkAttributes)selectedResult.ContextData).Url);
 
                             return true;
                         }
diff --git a/Plugins/Flow.Launcher.Plugin.Calculator/Main.cs b/Plugins/Flow.Launcher.Plugin.Calculator/Main.cs
index d5dcdacea..e2aa5860c 100644
--- a/Plugins/Flow.Launcher.Plugin.Calculator/Main.cs
+++ b/Plugins/Flow.Launcher.Plugin.Calculator/Main.cs
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ namespace Flow.Launcher.Plugin.Caculator
                             {
                                 try
                                 {
-                                    Clipboard.SetDataObject(newResult);
+                                    Context.API.CopyToClipboard(newResult);
                                     return true;
                                 }
                                 catch (ExternalException)
diff --git a/Plugins/Flow.Launcher.Plugin.Explorer/ContextMenu.cs b/Plugins/Flow.Launcher.Plugin.Explorer/ContextMenu.cs
index f5733bbb5..5e5cab2f5 100644
--- a/Plugins/Flow.Launcher.Plugin.Explorer/ContextMenu.cs
+++ b/Plugins/Flow.Launcher.Plugin.Explorer/ContextMenu.cs
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ namespace Flow.Launcher.Plugin.Explorer
                     {
                         try
                         {
-                            Clipboard.SetText(record.FullPath);
+                            Clipboard.SetDataObject(record.FullPath);
                             return true;
                         }
                         catch (Exception e)
diff --git a/Plugins/Flow.Launcher.Plugin.WindowsSettings/Helper/ContextMenuHelper.cs b/Plugins/Flow.Launcher.Plugin.WindowsSettings/Helper/ContextMenuHelper.cs
index e123e2d2f..ca09df9de 100644
--- a/Plugins/Flow.Launcher.Plugin.WindowsSettings/Helper/ContextMenuHelper.cs
+++ b/Plugins/Flow.Launcher.Plugin.WindowsSettings/Helper/ContextMenuHelper.cs
@@ -22,26 +22,6 @@ namespace Flow.Launcher.Plugin.WindowsSettings.Helper
         internal static List<Result> GetContextMenu(in Result result, in string assemblyName)
         {
             return new List<Result>(0);
-        }
-
-        /// <summary>
-        /// Copy the given text to the clipboard
-        /// </summary>
-        /// <param name="text">The text to copy to the clipboard</param>
-        /// <returns><see langword="true"/>The text successful copy to the clipboard, otherwise <see langword="false"/></returns>
-        private static bool TryToCopyToClipBoard(in string text)
-        {
-            try
-            {
-                Clipboard.Clear();
-                Clipboard.SetText(text);
-                return true;
-            }
-            catch (Exception exception)
-            {
-                Log.Exception("Can't copy to clipboard", exception, typeof(Main));
-                return false;
-            }
-        }
+        }        
     }
 }