Cannot Drag And Drop From Firefox


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    Cannot Drag And Drop From Firefox


    Hello all,

    This question involves Windows Server 2016. I post on this forum because of its similarities with Windows 10. Hopefully there is a similar fix.

    The issue is I am not able to drag content from Firefox and drop it onto my desktop or any other application. I tried the solutions on this link:

    https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/windows-administrator-launcher-process-error-fix

    But the solutions there did not work..
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       #2

    Casey Stellar said:
    This question involves Windows Server 2016. I post on this forum because of its similarities with Windows 10. ... The issue is I am not able to drag content from Firefox and drop it onto my desktop or any other application. I tried the solutions on this link:
    Running Windows as Administrator with Launcher Process enabled in Firefox causes Drag and Drop errors - How to Fix | Mozilla Support
    But the solutions there did not work..
    Steps to reproduce the problem in Windows 10:

    Enable the built-in Administrator account.
    Sign in as Administrator
    Open Firefox at any page with an image, such as an Avatar image from this page.
    Click and drag the image from Firefox and try to drop it onto the Desktop

    This is not allowed for Administrator, but is allowed for any other user, creating a .webp image on the Desktop that can be opened in Firefox.

    Cannot Drag And Drop From Firefox-image.png


    However, I found that when signed in as Administrator in Windows 10 Pro the second suggestion in your link worked for me.

    Start Firefox Using the -no-deelevate command
    Alternatively, users can solve the issue by launching Firefox using the -no-deelevate command line option, either directly from the command line or by editing their Firefox shortcut to do so.
    Running Windows as Administrator with Launcher Process enabled in Firefox causes Drag and Drop errors - How to Fix | Mozilla Support

    I created the following shortcut on the desktop to open Firefox, used it to open Firefox, and could then drop an image onto the desktop.

    "C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe" -no-deelevate
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       #3

    Bree said:
    Steps to reproduce the problem in Windows 10:

    Enable the built-in Administrator account.
    Sign in as Administrator
    Open Firefox at any page with an image, such as an Avatar image from this page.
    Click and drag the image from Firefox and try to drop it onto the Desktop

    This is not allowed for Administrator, but is allowed for any other user, creating a .webp image on the Desktop that can be opened in Firefox.
    Yes, I tried creating another account on my Windows Server 2016 system and I was successfully able to drag and drop using Firefox.. Now there's just the task of transferring all my files over to the new account. Thank you very much for your help. Now I only hope things continue to work lol.
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  4. Posts : 31,398
    10 Home x64 (22H2) (10 Pro on 2nd pc)
       #4

    Casey Stellar said:
    Yes, I tried creating another account on my Windows Server 2016 system and I was successfully able to drag and drop using Firefox.. Now there's just the task of transferring all my files over to the new account. Thank you very much for your help. Now I only hope things continue to work lol.

    Did starting Firefox with the -no-deelevate option not work when signed in as Administrator then? If so, then Windows Server 2016 must behave differently from my Windows 10 Pro.
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