Can't drag to Notepad run as Administrator

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Nick Payne

If I run Notepad as Administrator, then I can't drag a text file from an
ordinary Explorer window and have it appear. The Notepad window remains
blank. If I also run Explorer as Administrator, then it works. I found this
out while trying to add an entry to the hosts file.

Nick
 
Nick said:
If I run Notepad as Administrator, then I can't drag a text file from
an ordinary Explorer window and have it appear. The Notepad window
remains blank. If I also run Explorer as Administrator, then it
works. I found this out while trying to add an entry to the hosts
file.
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That's correct behaviour (well 'as designed' anyway) I believe. While the
two programs are running in different contexts you cannot move data from one
to another (especially the least trusted to the more trusted).
 
Robert Moir said:
That's correct behaviour (well 'as designed' anyway) I believe. While the
two programs are running in different contexts you cannot move data from
one to another (especially the least trusted to the more trusted).
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If that's the case then the Notepad window should not show the icon
indicating that it is accepting the dropped file...it should show the
diagonally slashed circle indicating not allowed.

Nick
 
Nick said:
If that's the case then the Notepad window should not show the icon
indicating that it is accepting the dropped file...it should show the
diagonally slashed circle indicating not allowed.
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I concur. You've found a bug, in my humble estimation.
 
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