After installing the Windows 10 Creators Update on this computer I had this unwelcome side effect. I tried this solution with the “Escape” key and it worked like a charm. Thanks for the tip.
Tanmai
7 years ago
These solutions didn’t work for me. Then i tried and cleared temporary files as well as Prefetch files and guess what! Drag and drop started working again.
Pétain
6 years ago
It worked with the “escape key” solution. Thank you.
…but why is this necessary in the first place? It is now twice I have had to revert to hitting the “Esc” key to enable drag-and-drop feature in Windows 7. I imagine some process is inhibiting this in the background. I have never needed to hit “Esc” in order to drag-and-drop items before.
Jan
6 years ago
Brilliant! The right-click + escape key solution worked. Thank you so much!!!
Raj
6 years ago
Absolutely brilliant! the escape key solution was 100% perfect!
Thanks a ton!!!
Terry W Mullins
6 years ago
Thank you! The right-click + escape key solution worked.
BJ
6 years ago
An easy fix. I wonder what the cause is, and how this fixes it…?
Michelle
6 years ago
Love a quick fix (can nice clear instructions). Thanks!
PC
6 years ago
Worked for me
allwhobreakdonotbow
6 years ago
Did not expect this work; assume surprise that it does.
Mike
6 years ago
This super-simple fix will prove to be a huge time and frustration saver! I’ve been annoyed whenever this problem appeared in either Outlook or Windows Explorer and normally suffer with it most of the day before biting the bullet to restart. Thanks for posting this easy/effective solution!
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Odd
6 years ago
Huh. I never imagined such an easy solution. Thanks!
TOM
6 years ago
This took care of the problem the very first time. Thanks Tom
L Werder
6 years ago
My drag and drop was not working correctly in a few different programs. Best solution I have discovered: Open Task Manager, click on Processes, right click on explorer and end process tree (finish reading instructions before you do this because once do above step you won’t be able to read this). Now (in task manager) go to File, New Task and type in “Explorer” Worked for me.
Laura
6 years ago
Brilliant! Not sure why this worked, but it did. There were a few situations where drag-and-drop wasn’t working for me in Windows 10: files and dragging text and images within editing programs. I tried this fix in File Explorer and it fixed the other drag-and-drop issues as well. Thanks 🙂
Jean-Paul
6 years ago
Fantastic! Other ‘fixes’ didn’t help, including those suggested by Microsoft. Sadly this annoying problem is cropping up more and more frequently – I have now had it on all my 4 different computers in the last week alone. Fix works like a charm.
Thank you. That worked for me without having to reboot. Most appreciated.
Ann
6 years ago
Fricking thank you!!! I’ve had this problem for waaay too long, and the solution was that simple. THANK YOU!
Scott
6 years ago
Thanks! This worked perfectly.
Zt4rm4N
6 years ago
Although rebooting is recomended, just logging off is enough…. go ahead n try.
GW
6 years ago
Yes! Thank you
LAURA
6 years ago
Worked just fine!!! Thanks!!!
Gerard
6 years ago
Fantastic, fixed, been driving me nuts!
Nobody
6 years ago
Thanks. The 1st one worked.
raghuveer
6 years ago
thank you
Amy
6 years ago
Worked for me, Thanks!
samatha
6 years ago
Thanks. It helped me.
Mary Beth
6 years ago
Very helpful! This worked for me!
Jamie
6 years ago
Fixed my problem instantly!!! thankyou
lll7lll
6 years ago
that worked!! thank you so much !
Wayne
6 years ago
This worked like a charm. Thanks!
Bobby
6 years ago
One of my users had this issue. Not even closing Outlook or even a restart of the laptop resolved the issue. The only thing that worked was this left-click and escape key procedure. Thanks a bunch for posting this fix!!!!
Wonder how he disabled the drag & drop feature. I can see this being a good prank on someone. :p
Restart didn’t work for me either in Windows 7 Pro, and neither did Ctrl+c and Ctrl+v work. The right-click drag drop (to the same folder to make a copy wouldn’t bring up the context menu.
Left-click Esc did and if I recall, I had to do it to the folder.
Once it was working I tried left-click + Esc to see if it would toggle back to not working but couldn’t get that to happen. (The thought was in case that’s what caused my problem in the first place.)
Hector
6 years ago
OMG this worked!!
Chris
6 years ago
This worked perfectly for me. I have this issue all the time when I’m trying to drag files into Moodle (I’m an educator). Such a pain but now my pain is relieved! Thank you…
Levi Biddle
6 years ago
Thanks m8, quick and easy fix x)
Joe
6 years ago
Wow, didn’t expect that to work but it did! Thanks
JenN
6 years ago
Thank you, this was exactly what I needed to know and has done more than you might imagine for my stress levels!
Matt
6 years ago
Wow, this worked! But why did it work?
John
6 years ago
Thanks so much! Very weird, but your solution worked perfectly.
After installing the Windows 10 Creators Update on this computer I had this unwelcome side effect. I tried this solution with the “Escape” key and it worked like a charm. Thanks for the tip.
These solutions didn’t work for me. Then i tried and cleared temporary files as well as Prefetch files and guess what! Drag and drop started working again.
It worked with the “escape key” solution. Thank you.
Excellent. Happy to help!
…but why is this necessary in the first place? It is now twice I have had to revert to hitting the “Esc” key to enable drag-and-drop feature in Windows 7. I imagine some process is inhibiting this in the background. I have never needed to hit “Esc” in order to drag-and-drop items before.
Brilliant! The right-click + escape key solution worked. Thank you so much!!!
Absolutely brilliant! the escape key solution was 100% perfect!
Thanks a ton!!!
Thank you! The right-click + escape key solution worked.
An easy fix. I wonder what the cause is, and how this fixes it…?
Love a quick fix (can nice clear instructions). Thanks!
Worked for me
Did not expect this work; assume surprise that it does.
This super-simple fix will prove to be a huge time and frustration saver! I’ve been annoyed whenever this problem appeared in either Outlook or Windows Explorer and normally suffer with it most of the day before biting the bullet to restart. Thanks for posting this easy/effective solution!
You are welcome. Don’t hesitate to subscribe to our website and keep in touch with our newest guides and tutorials.
Huh. I never imagined such an easy solution. Thanks!
This took care of the problem the very first time. Thanks Tom
My drag and drop was not working correctly in a few different programs. Best solution I have discovered: Open Task Manager, click on Processes, right click on explorer and end process tree (finish reading instructions before you do this because once do above step you won’t be able to read this). Now (in task manager) go to File, New Task and type in “Explorer” Worked for me.
Brilliant! Not sure why this worked, but it did. There were a few situations where drag-and-drop wasn’t working for me in Windows 10: files and dragging text and images within editing programs. I tried this fix in File Explorer and it fixed the other drag-and-drop issues as well. Thanks 🙂
Fantastic! Other ‘fixes’ didn’t help, including those suggested by Microsoft. Sadly this annoying problem is cropping up more and more frequently – I have now had it on all my 4 different computers in the last week alone. Fix works like a charm.
It is a bug we encounter often too.
Thank you. That worked for me without having to reboot. Most appreciated.
Fricking thank you!!! I’ve had this problem for waaay too long, and the solution was that simple. THANK YOU!
Thanks! This worked perfectly.
Although rebooting is recomended, just logging off is enough…. go ahead n try.
Yes! Thank you
Worked just fine!!! Thanks!!!
Fantastic, fixed, been driving me nuts!
Thanks. The 1st one worked.
thank you
Worked for me, Thanks!
Thanks. It helped me.
Very helpful! This worked for me!
Fixed my problem instantly!!! thankyou
that worked!! thank you so much !
This worked like a charm. Thanks!
One of my users had this issue. Not even closing Outlook or even a restart of the laptop resolved the issue. The only thing that worked was this left-click and escape key procedure. Thanks a bunch for posting this fix!!!!
Wonder how he disabled the drag & drop feature. I can see this being a good prank on someone. :p
Restart didn’t work for me either in Windows 7 Pro, and neither did Ctrl+c and Ctrl+v work. The right-click drag drop (to the same folder to make a copy wouldn’t bring up the context menu.
Left-click Esc did and if I recall, I had to do it to the folder.
Once it was working I tried left-click + Esc to see if it would toggle back to not working but couldn’t get that to happen. (The thought was in case that’s what caused my problem in the first place.)
OMG this worked!!
This worked perfectly for me. I have this issue all the time when I’m trying to drag files into Moodle (I’m an educator). Such a pain but now my pain is relieved! Thank you…
Thanks m8, quick and easy fix x)
Wow, didn’t expect that to work but it did! Thanks
Thank you, this was exactly what I needed to know and has done more than you might imagine for my stress levels!
Wow, this worked! But why did it work?
Thanks so much! Very weird, but your solution worked perfectly.
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thanks it works.. 🙂
Holy crap I think this actually worked! I’m both confused and amazing… I was almost ready to go out and buy a new mouse. Cheers for the help!
You are welcome. 😉
Fix worked perfectly.
Thanks.
Problem solved! Thanks a lot!
The solution with the Esc key solved the issue for me. Thanks a lot.
thanks! What a strange bug! Worked immediately!
Worked the first time I tried it. Thanks for the help.
the escape key worked! 🙂 thanks mucho as this has been nagging me for a week or so and had affected chrome as well
Worked perfectly with Win 10. Thank you so much 🙂
Thank you very much! That fix worked immediately.
Perfect, I don’t know how you figured this out or how it works, but it worked for me!
Yes I was facing this issue while connected to a virtual machine