Drag and Drop confirmation prompt? Accidentally moving files.

Hi,

Dll was very useful, thanks a ton for this, 

This works find in Win 7 and win 8.1

But is there anything you can do for this to support for XP machines, will be very usefull if any, thanks a lot

Hi StoneTools, Thank you very much for your detailed message. I've just uploaded a new version finally that will hopefully have resolved this issue. Please try again (link).

Thanks!

As I said, just install the free program Teracopy and that will prevent you accidentally moving files. Microsoft are obviously not interested in providing a solution, so you're just wasting your time asking them.

Examining this issue from a broader perspective ... I also encounter the same accidental drag & drop issue outside of Windows Explorer (eg. in the Bookmarks folder of browsers). I don't suppose Teracopy would help in such cases ?

In my situation, I generally start running into the said issue when the mouse has undergone a few months of usage. My temporary workaround to mitigate the impact is to increase the default values (to 40) for the DragWidth & DragHeight keys in Windows Registry (so as to lessen the Drag Sensitivity).

However, I still manage to encounter accidental drag & drop. Perhaps my hand is not steady enough. I suppose the impact could be more severe for elderly users & those with neurodevelopmental/ hand tremor disabilities.

While the solution for certain users might be to procure a new mouse regularly, perhaps there could instead be a mouse-related utility to prevent accidental drag AND accidental double-click everywhere & not just within Windows Explorer. To my knowledge, a utility already exists to prevent accidental mouse double-click.

Well, just a suggestion for the developers out there seeking a universal solution ...

broken-e,

I'm using the Administrator's account on Win 7 SP1 (Home Premium) 64-bit, but all attempts to register DragDropInterceptor_64.dll keep resulting in the following ERROR msg:

The module "DragDropInterceptor_64.dll" failed to load. [... blah blah ...] The specified module could not be found.

The last section below outlines the various pathways that I tried. The supplied screenshot applies to pathway 2 & 3. However, the same error is obtained for pathway 1, regardless of where the DragDropInterceptor folder is pasted at the system drive.

I have no problems registering or de-registering other DLLs. Could it be a dependency issue wrt DropDropInterceptor DLLs ? That is, does your DLL require dependent DLL(s) that is/are not found in Win 7 SP 1 Home Premium ? If yes, what are the requisite DLL(s) ?

Pathways that I attempted to register the DLL file:-

(1) Download zip file from your homepage

• Right-click & unlock zip file
• Unzip file & paste folder to system drive (alternate try: Windows\System32)
• Take ownership of DragDropInterceptor_64.dll in folder

a) Run register.bat as Administrator in same folder  > ERROR

b) Run register.bat as System in same folder  > ERROR

c) Run Command Prompt as Administrator > cd to DragDropInterceptor folder > regsvr32 DragDropInterceptor_64.dll > ERROR

(2) Paste only DragDropInterceptor_64.dll obtained from unzipped (1) into Windows\System32

a) Run Command Prompt as Administrator > cd Windows\System32 >regsvr32 DragDropInterceptor_64.dll > ERROR

b) Windows Run > "%windir%\system32\regsvr32.exe" DragDropInterceptor_64.dll > ERROR

(3) Download only DragDropInterceptor_64.dll file directly from github

• Right-click & unlock DLL file
• Paste DLL file into Windows\System32 folder

a) Run Command Prompt as Administrator > cd Windows\System32 >regsvr32 DragDropInterceptor_64.dll > ERROR

b) Windows Run > "%windir%\system32\regsvr32.exe" DragDropInterceptor_64.dll > ERROR

I even tried pasting & registering DragDropInterceptor_64.dll at the *Windows* SysWOW64 folder, but the same error occurs. System simply won't recognize any of the DragDropInterceptor DLLs that you provided.