diff --git a/internal/c/libqb.cpp b/internal/c/libqb.cpp
index 463556f4f..69048da3d 100644
--- a/internal/c/libqb.cpp
+++ b/internal/c/libqb.cpp
@@ -24596,14 +24596,14 @@ return -1;
     err = badPasteboardSyncErr;
    
     err = PasteboardGetItemCount( inPasteboard, &itemCount );
-    require_noerr( err, CantGetPasteboardItemCount );
+    //require_noerr( err, CantGetPasteboardItemCount );
    
     for( int itemIndex = 1; itemIndex <= itemCount; itemIndex++ ) {
       PasteboardItemID  itemID;
       CFDataRef  flavorData;
 
       err = PasteboardGetItemIdentifier( inPasteboard, itemIndex, &itemID );
-      require_noerr( err, CantGetPasteboardItemIdentifier );
+      //require_noerr( err, CantGetPasteboardItemIdentifier );
 
       err = PasteboardCopyItemFlavorData( inPasteboard, itemID, CFSTR("public.utf8-plain-text"), &flavorData );      
       data = (char*)CFDataGetBytePtr(flavorData);
diff --git a/source/global/version.bas b/source/global/version.bas
index 2933dee53..5efe6459f 100644
--- a/source/global/version.bas
+++ b/source/global/version.bas
@@ -4,4 +4,4 @@ DIM SHARED AutoBuildMsg AS STRING
 Version$ = "1.1"
 'BuildNum format is YYYYMMDD/id, where id is a ever-increasing
 'integer. If you make a change, update the date and increase the id!
-BuildNum$ = "20171014/76"
+BuildNum$ = "20171019/77"