Cant drag and drop

[Millsy79]

I have a PC that for some reason wont let me drag and drop files. I can cut and paste files but when i try and drag and drop them to the desired location nothing happens. is their a setting on windows that i'm not aware of that can turn this feature on and off? Please can any one shed any light on this before i reinstall the PC.

[Michael]

Right click the Start button and choose Properties

 

For the Windows Start Menu, click Customise > Advanced tab and tick Enable dragging and dropping

 

For Windows Classic, click Customise and tick Enable dragging and dropping

[Millsy79]

Thanks for the suggestion but that option is only for the start menu, it doesnt affect dragging files from folder to folder.

[pooley]

3rd file down contains reg files, merge and all should be fixed

[Michael]

Copy this into notepad and save as draganddrop.reg

 

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced]
"Start_EnableDragDrop"=dword:00000001

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer]
"NoChangeStartMenu"=dword:00000000

 

After you've run the file, you may need to restart. Could you also check the Escape key isn't wedged down? This also stops you from dragging and dropping