# New User - Questions on Copy Link Shortcut

**URL:** <https://discourse.hookproductivity.com/t/new-user-questions-on-copy-link-shortcut/5133>\
**Category:** Discussion & Help\
**Created:** [May 20, 2022, 6:52pm UTC](https://discourse.hookproductivity.com/t/new-user-questions-on-copy-link-shortcut/5133 "2022-05-20T18:52:32Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![robm](https://discourse.hookproductivity.com/user_avatar/discourse.hookproductivity.com/robm/32/2238_2.png) [@robm](https://discourse.hookproductivity.com/u/robm)\
**Post date:** [May 20, 2022, 6:52pm UTC](https://discourse.hookproductivity.com/t/new-user-questions-on-copy-link-shortcut/5133/1 "2022-05-20T18:52:32Z")

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👋 Hello 🙂

Not sure if this is a bug or not, but I’m misunderstanding the global Copy Link and Hook to Copied Link shortcuts. Are these suppose to work even if you don’t have the app up?

 ![CleanShot 2022-05-20 at 14.50.46@2x](https://discourse.hookproductivity.com/uploads/default/original/2X/3/354e1e57dc74784fbae78a627cac5a6caa2d304d.png)

If so, these are not working for me on 3.5. After trying the Copy Link shortcut, nothing appears in my clipboard. Looking over [Shortcuts Tab – Hook](https://hookproductivity.com/help/preferences/shortcuts/) and [https://hookproductivity.com/help/general/all-commands-shortcuts](https://hookproductivity.com/help/general/all-commands-shortcuts) I don’t see anything explaining this.

Thanks 🙂

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**Author:** ![robm](https://discourse.hookproductivity.com/user_avatar/discourse.hookproductivity.com/robm/32/2238_2.png) [@robm](https://discourse.hookproductivity.com/u/robm)\
**Post date:** [May 20, 2022, 7:38pm UTC](https://discourse.hookproductivity.com/t/new-user-questions-on-copy-link-shortcut/5133/2 "2022-05-20T19:38:32Z")

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Looks like it was some bug. I unchecked the boxes and restarted Hook and now it’s working.

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**Author:** ![bchend](https://discourse.hookproductivity.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/dbc845/32.png) [@bchend](https://discourse.hookproductivity.com/u/bchend)\
**Post date:** [May 20, 2022, 8:11pm UTC](https://discourse.hookproductivity.com/t/new-user-questions-on-copy-link-shortcut/5133/3 "2022-05-20T20:11:14Z")

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Sorry for the trouble and thank you for letting us know!

Yes. There is a bug that sometimes needs restarting Hook to make the shortcuts work. The fix for this issue will be in next release.