In my Vista SP2 desktop PC, after some houres I'm not able anymore to drag & drop any file to any window. There is only (IMHO) one way to solve this problem: to log off and open a new session. I suppose that it may be related to keyboard drivers (Logitech Setpoint) but not sure, any idea? Thanks.
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Do you use texter from lifehacker.com? If you do disable it see if that fixes it there are a few options you need to change to get it working correctly. |
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I know this is a fairly old question and there is an accepted answer. But for the record I'd like to propose my solution: Just press Win+R! Then close the run box or use it to run something. I don't really know why, but it works every time (at least on Windows 7). It fixes OLE drag&drop like in file managers, text editors, browser etc. My guess is that the (Windows default) run box somehow resets the clipboard/OLE system that is backing the drag&drop operations. Of course it doesn't fix dragging from or to a hanging app, but I think that is obvious. |
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Are you sure you are using the most recent driver version? Simply updating those might take away the cause. Plus it would help if you give a clearer description of your problem. Is it just the file that doesn't "move" or are you unable to move your mouse cursor as well? Edit: after some searching it seems there might be a conflict with UAC sometimes, to what level do you have it set?
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Some times (once a month or so) I find that dragging and dropping stops and it is due to the process being hung. Take a look at task manager and see if you can see drag.exe listed, if you can, kill it and it restores it. Saying this, I just took a look at c:\windows on my machine and can not see drag.exe anywhere, so I do not know if this was some third party problem I was having or not - I have had it on two separate machines, so possibly not. If you are sure not software, check your drivers and batteries (if using a wireless or weird mouse). Lastly, you may want to try a spare mouse if you one, just to rule out any other hardware problems. |
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I use Texter and have this problem frequently. Simple solution that works for me is to hit the Esc key on my keyboard. Works every time but I can't explain why. |
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