I can no longer 'drag and drop' text.

[furkin]

This may or may not be an Office issue.
A few weeks ago, I noticed that I could no longer grab and drop text in my email app.
Now I see that I can't do it within MS-Office either.
The option is still ticked in Word.
I guess it could be Office, or maybe Windows.
All was well until a couple of weeks ago, & I can't recall doing anything different, especially in settings etc.
Win 10 - Office 2016

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[Taffycat]

Hi, I just Googled and found this solution has worked for a lot of people, so maybe worth a try.

When drag and drop doesn't work:

Left click a file, keeping the left click pressed, hit the Escape key, now release the left click. Hope it will do the trick and drag/drop will work for you again. Good luck.

 

[furkin]

Many thanks Taffy,
It dosn't work for me.
It was ok until recently, and I can't recall changing anything.
Thanks for your time friend.

 

[Taffycat]

Many thanks Taffy,
It dosn't work for me.
It was ok until recently, and I can't recall changing anything.
Thanks for your time friend.

@furkin Aww darn! I'm sorry that didn't work for you.

I just checked around and found that The Geek Page lists other ways of fixing this issue, so might be worth a look.

Again, good luck.

Table of Contents

• Method 1: Using the Left Click and Esc Key
• Method 2: Restart the App or Program
• Method 3: Restart Windows explorer
• Method 4: Check if Your Drag and Drop Sensitivity is Set Too High
• Method 5: By Disabling UAC Through Registry Editor
• Method 6: By Running SFC /Scannow in Command Prompt
• Method 7: By Running DISM in Windows PowerShell
• Method 8: Modifying the User Account Control Settings
• Method 9: By Setting the Virtual Memory to Automatic
• Method 10: By Uninstalling and Reinstalling Mouse Drivers
• Method 11: By Restarting File Explorer
• Method 12: By Running the Hardware and Devices Troubleshooter
• Method 13: By Running Startup Repair

 

[nivrip]

Have you tried using a different mouse? Could be that the fault is in the mouse itself.

Worth ruling that out and easy to do.

 

[furkin]

thanks to all you guys.
I mentioned it to a young lad in the pub, and he looked it up and came back with "it's a windows fault. It came down with the last update. It's effected thousands of machines. They are aware of it and will fix next time".
Lo & behold, a few days later, it just returned to normal.
Good luck to others problems.

 

[Taffycat]

thanks to all you guys.
I mentioned it to a young lad in the pub, and he looked it up and came back with "it's a windows fault. It came down with the last update. It's effected thousands of machines. They are aware of it and will fix next time".
Lo & behold, a few days later, it just returned to normal.
Good luck to others problems.

Oh that's great @furkin! So glad you have got it sorted and thanks for letting us know. All the best.