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I have a new problem that has cropped up just in the last week or two. I can no longer drag and drop my files and folders in Windows Explorer. I have Windows 7 on a HP Notebook. It came installed on the computer last December when I bought it (09). I've never had an issue with it since then, and I'm not sure how to find the settings to enable drag and drop or re-enable it. I know I've done it before on this machine, many times- and just noticed it first in Thunderbird, (my email desktop application) then in explorer. I did recently install the SP1 (spelling??) a few weeks ago, and have installed a few other odds and ends programs, but I'm pretty sure drag and drop was working okay until a few days ago.
Any help would be appreciated. As a genealogy writer, that's a must have feature.
Thanks.
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This happened to me yesterday.
In Windows Explorer, click a file with the left mouse button and keep the button held down. Then press the Escape key. Drag and drop is miraculously re-enabled.
I think just pressing the escape will work too but I'm no longer in a position to test that. I got this from http://it.thelibrarie.com/weblog/2010/06/drag-and-drop-stops-working/
This happened to me yesterday.
In Windows Explorer, click a file with the left mouse button and keep the button held down. Then press the Escape key. Drag and drop is miraculously re-enabled.
I think just pressing the escape will work too but I'm no longer in a position to test that. I got this from http://it.thelibrarie.com/weblog/2010/06/drag-and-drop-stops-working/
I don't feel like reading through everything to see if this has been mentioned. The escape fix worked for me with Win 7. The only thing I have that is unique from coworkers is a wireless keyboard and mouse. I expect that has something to do with my issue.
Thanks Nige!
Im sorry to say, that this much advertised solution that has been posted on every site and forum with any mention of this problem does not work. Holding the LMB while having clicked on a file and holding it while pressing escape does nothing but cancel it out. I have tried this in everything i.e the desktop, folders, etc. im running win 7 and all, but it could stem from updating. im not sure, but if anyone has a better solution i would be in your debt.
if some one has noticed that why that problem coming to your mouse. what i have observed, in case you have recently visited a flash based site where your mouse has interacted with the flash component of the site. and you close the window (ie/chrome/firefox), the mouse starts behaving like this. or in other case you have vmware / or some virtualization software installed and you have closed it while the mouse in the focus in the guest. or any other application which is capable of restricting or overriding the mouse behavior causes this problem. solution should be from microsoft to reset and capture back the mouse once the application which has issued the change of the mouse behavior is closed.
I hope this helps for you people and the devs at Microsoft to generate a hot fix.
Don't know if anyone is still struggling with this but if you are using a Logitech mouse with Logitech Setpoint installed and in Setpoint the option entitled "Enable Smart Move" is selected, it can cause this issue. Just deselect it and it should work.
At least that worked for me.
