Can't drag & drop to anything except another explorer window


  1. ziffel
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    Windows 10 Home x64 (21H2)
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    Can't drag & drop to anything except another explorer window


    Edit: fixed with an SFC scan.

    [Win10 1909]

    Worked yesterday, went to bed, woke up ... and now I can no longer drag & drop to anything except from explorer to explorer.

    For example, i open chrome and go to Imgur to add a pic. Normally I will drag the file and drop it on the webpage. Now I just get a black circle with a line through it. Same with attempting to drag a pic into Steam chat, something i've done a thousand times.

    I've rebooted. I've tried different browsers. Tried a different mouse.

    Any help would be much appreciated!
    Last edited by ziffel; 29 Feb 2020 at 15:51.
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  3. FreeBooter
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    Windows 11 Pro 64-bit
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    What happens in Safe Mode?
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  4. ziffel
    Posts : 46
    Windows 10 Home x64 (21H2)
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    FreeBooter said:
    What happens in Safe Mode?
    Thanks, but it seems to be ok now. I ran SFC and it found corrupt system files and said it repaired them. I can now d&d normally again.
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  6. FreeBooter
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    Fantastic, thanks for letting us know how you have resolved the problem.
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