Cannot Drag-n-Drop files... (!)

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Greetings to all... Hope everyone is having a happy holiday season....

So here's my dilemma:

I just bought a new Dell Inspiron laptop (yay!) and am busy installing all
my software on it. Today, I installed a whole bunch of stuff, after which I
noticed that I can no longer drag-n-drop files from one folder to another
(that is, I can click and drag the icon, but the cursor turns into the
circle with the line through it and refuses to let me drop the file where I
want to). The only way I can move files now is to 'Cut' (Ctrl-X) the file,
navigate to the folder I want to move the file to, and 'Paste' (Ctrl-V).

Obviously, this is a lousy work-around, and I *need* to find out how to fix
this problem!!
Anyone have any thoughts or suggestions??

By the way, I'm not sure which installed program may have done the damage,
since I installed a whole bunch back-to-back before noticing the drag-n-drop
problem. The programs I installed are: Office XP, OfficeXP service pack 3,
Adobe Acrobat 6, Adobe Creative Suite (photoshop, illustrator, in-design,
go-live), Microsoft ActiveSync for PocketPC, Stardock's ObjectDesktop
(winFX, WindowBlinds). I also installed drivers for my Wacom tablet and two
printers.

I hope someone out there is able to help me out!
THANKS!!
And happy new year!
~Alessandro aka ?WhyMe?
 
It might have been disabled? Try
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm
Line 233 right


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Greetings to all... Hope everyone is having a happy holiday
season....

So here's my dilemma:

I just bought a new Dell Inspiron laptop (yay!) and am busy installing
all
my software on it. Today, I installed a whole bunch of stuff, after
which I noticed that I can no longer drag-n-drop files from one folder
to another (that is, I can click and drag the icon, but the cursor
turns into the circle with the line through it and refuses to let me
drop the file where I
want to). The only way I can move files now is to 'Cut' (Ctrl-X) the
file, navigate to the folder I want to move the file to, and 'Paste'
(Ctrl-V).

Obviously, this is a lousy work-around, and I *need* to find out how
to fix this problem!!
Anyone have any thoughts or suggestions??

By the way, I'm not sure which installed program may have done the
damage, since I installed a whole bunch back-to-back before noticing
the drag-n-drop
problem. The programs I installed are: Office XP, OfficeXP service
pack 3, Adobe Acrobat 6, Adobe Creative Suite (photoshop, illustrator,
in-design, go-live), Microsoft ActiveSync for PocketPC, Stardock's
ObjectDesktop
(winFX, WindowBlinds). I also installed drivers for my Wacom tablet
and two printers.

I hope someone out there is able to help me out!
THANKS!!
And happy new year!
~Alessandro aka ?WhyMe?
Click to expand...

Try uninstalling the repellent Dell Media Experience from Add/Remove
Programs. This application causes this error and removing it usually
fixes things.

Malke
 
Try uninstalling the repellent Dell Media Experience from Add/Remove
Programs. This application causes this error and removing it usually
fixes things.

Malke
Click to expand...


Removing the Dell Media Experience did not solve the problem.
~Alessandro.
 
... I can no longer drag-n-drop files from one folder to another (that is,
I can click and drag the icon, but the cursor turns into the circle with
the line through it and refuses to let me drop the file where I want to).
The only way I can move files now is to 'Cut' (Ctrl-X) the file, navigate
to the folder I want to move the file to, and 'Paste' (Ctrl-V).
~Alessandro aka ?WhyMe?
Click to expand...


AHA! I found the culprit:
Stardock makes a little applet called 'SpringFolders,' which is supposed to
pop-up a folder in a new window when you attempt to drag-n-drop a file onto
it. This enables you to drag-n-drop the file into an 'N'th-degree nested
folder if you want. It worked marvelously on my old Inspiron, but for some
reason on my new computer, it disabled all drag-n-drop capability.
Uninstalling the little applet resolved the problem immediately.

THANKS TO EVERYONE who helped!
~Alessandro aka ?WhyMe?
 
AHA! I found the culprit:
Stardock makes a little applet called 'SpringFolders,' which is
supposed to pop-up a folder in a new window when you attempt to
drag-n-drop a file onto
it. This enables you to drag-n-drop the file into an 'N'th-degree
nested
folder if you want. It worked marvelously on my old Inspiron, but for
some reason on my new computer, it disabled all drag-n-drop
capability. Uninstalling the little applet resolved the problem
immediately.

THANKS TO EVERYONE who helped!
~Alessandro aka ?WhyMe?
Click to expand...

I'm so glad you found the solution. Thanks for taking the time to post
the answer; you will help others who may have this problem in the
future.

Happy New Year,

Malke
 
5 crosspostings?? well, anyways, it looks like Anando was right (it was
a component of the theme programs).

-matson



?WhyMe? said:
AHA! I found the culprit:
Stardock makes a little applet called 'SpringFolders,' which is supposed to
pop-up a folder in a new window when you attempt to drag-n-drop a file onto
it. This enables you to drag-n-drop the file into an 'N'th-degree nested
folder if you want. It worked marvelously on my old Inspiron, but for some
reason on my new computer, it disabled all drag-n-drop capability.
Uninstalling the little applet resolved the problem immediately.

THANKS TO EVERYONE who helped!
~Alessandro aka ?WhyMe?
Click to expand...

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Anando said:
Hi,

Try with uninstalling the theme programs.

Folder customizations
http://newdelhi.sancharnet.in/minku
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===========================
The above doesn't work with WXP-Home SP1. One error comes up after another.
The My Pictures folder is not under C:\ in WXP- it's under My Documents
causing one error after another. I tried several different paths - none
worked.

FS~
 
~ FreeSpirit ~ said:
===========================
The above doesn't work with WXP-Home SP1. One error comes up after another.
The My Pictures folder is not under C:\ in WXP- it's under My Documents
causing one error after another. I tried several different paths - none
worked.

FS~
Click to expand...
=======
In above message I forgot to add the PATH on my WXP version for the pic I
tried.

Documents\My Pictures\Pics - Stationary\pebbles.jpg

Using the C:\ did work either since there is no My Documents\My Pictures
under C:\

FS~
 
| > > Hi,
| > > Try with uninstalling the theme programs.
| > > Folder customizations
| > > http://newdelhi.sancharnet.in/minku

| > The above doesn't work with WXP-Home SP1. One error comes up after
| another.
| > The My Pictures folder is not under C:\ in WXP- it's under My Documents
| > causing one error after another. I tried several different paths - none
| > worked.

| In above message I forgot to add the PATH on my WXP version for the pic I
| tried.
|
| Documents\My Pictures\Pics - Stationary\pebbles.jpg
|
| Using the C:\ did work either since there is no My Documents\My Pictures
| under C:\


~ FreeSpirit ~,

Windows Explorer
Right-click pebbles.jpg
Properties
Location:

With your mouse, highlight the text after "Location:"; copy that to
clipboard; now paste this full path of "pebbles.jpg" into that Notepad file
called desktop.ini in the folder that you are customizing.
 
a nonymous said:
| > > Hi,
| > > Try with uninstalling the theme programs.
| > > Folder customizations
| > > http://newdelhi.sancharnet.in/minku

| > The above doesn't work with WXP-Home SP1. One error comes up after
| another.
| > The My Pictures folder is not under C:\ in WXP- it's under My Documents
| > causing one error after another. I tried several different paths - none
| > worked.

| In above message I forgot to add the PATH on my WXP version for the pic I
| tried.
|
| Documents\My Pictures\Pics - Stationary\pebbles.jpg
|
| Using the C:\ did work either since there is no My Documents\My Pictures
| under C:\


~ FreeSpirit ~,

Windows Explorer
Right-click pebbles.jpg
Properties
Location:

With your mouse, highlight the text after "Location:"; copy that to
clipboard; now paste this full path of "pebbles.jpg" into that Notepad file
called desktop.ini in the folder that you are customizing.
Click to expand...
==========================
OK,... I think I understand now. It's confusing because they're in BOTH
Places. Documents and W.Exp.

FS~
 
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