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On occasion, when I try to drag and drop a file, the dragged image gets stuck on the desktop. I must re-boot in order to remove the ghost. This is an example:

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Is there any way to remove this ghost without rebooting?

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Close/restart the drop target application. This is the program where you were dragging the file into before you canceled the drag which lead to the stuck ghosting image.

For example this happens some times when I drag a file from Explorer to Photoshop. Restarting Photoshop helps then.

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  • Using Windows 10 didn't work. It is really annoying to restart the entire system all you applications
    – Daniyal Nasir
    Nov 20, 2021 at 12:25
  • Also works if you drag a file in the file select dialog of the drop target application.
    – skygate
    Oct 20, 2023 at 9:36
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I'm not sure about removing the ghost, but the best solution is to not let it happen in the first place. Right click on My Computer and go to properties. On the left panel, choose Advanced System Settings. At the top, use the Settings button in the "Performance area". Uncheck the setting in the picture attached. enter image description here

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