New Windows 11 file explorer can't drag and drop in address bar

Anonymous
2023-10-17T20:55:17+00:00

Hi,

I'm really upset of the new address bar because I can't drag and drop anymore files to parent folder like in old file explorer address bar

Can you fix the problem in a close future update or tell me how to change this back to old version (exist in windows 11 file explorer)

The new address bar is above the tools bar (New - Cut - Copy - etc), the old one is bellow

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  1. Anonymous
    2024-04-18T16:12:33+00:00

    I found an option that is KINDA better

    1. Open the location to which you wish to move the files
    2. When you want to actually FIND the files you want to move start by Right-clicking on the folder you plan on opening next in the navigation process (or any folder really) and select "Open in new tab"
    3. File explorer will open the tab and direct you there
    4. Now just find the file however you want in the new tab
    5. Once located drag the files over the 1st tab (where you want the files to go) in file explorer.While the file will show that it can not be dropped onto the tab itself, you should see the tab open in the main window view
    6. Now drag the file down and drop it in the tab's window

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  2. Anonymous
    2024-04-19T01:04:24+00:00

    Yet another limitation of the "new" features in Windows 11. The explorer history permanent drop down and now no pasting to the address bar. WHY DID YOU REMOVE EXISTING FUNCTIONALITY????!!!!! I feel like I ask this of Microsoft every couple years and 1) I get no answer and 2) nobody cares and 3) it never gets fixed because 4) they're big enough that on my best day I don't even show up as a blip on the best radar system they could ever own. My best is their insignificant. Why bother listening to customer feedback or keeping features people at this point have been using for over 20 years? Change is good, change is progress, but you're deleting things that used to exist. That's not change, it's regression. It would be like if Tesla started selling cars without rear-view mirrors and there was no possible way to attach them unless a third party company designed and manufactured them, but who wants to do that? At this point it's hard to care any longer. Every Microsoft product I've loved has been tossed on the ash heap, never to be seen again. (I'm looking at you, Media Center!) Hard to expect anything else at this point. Look how long they ran with the unbelievably STUPID full screen start menu in Windows 8/8.1. They broke Explorer and it's never going to get fixed. Thanks, Microsoft. Solves the moral dilemma of having never paid for any of your software I've ever used in my entire life save for a used copy of Windows 3.0 I bought in Austin when I was in middle school. If you didn't constantly ruin it I might feel like paying for it.

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  4. Anonymous
    2024-04-19T17:00:34+00:00

    Ok, perhaps, but what about the sticking drop down history from the address bar even when you have the option turned off? That's a stupid bug that goes back to the first release. I'm going to download a copy of 26100 today and give it a try. I'm expecting to be disappointed. I'll reply with my findings.

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