Cannot drag onto a desktop icon

[Martijn Saly]

When dragging a file onto a desktop icon, the application will start and
open the file you dragged onto the icon. For instance, if I drag movie.avi
onto the virtualdub desktop icon, virtualdub starts and opens movie.avi.
This should be the case for most applications, but it doesn't work. When
dragging a file over a desktop icon, I just can't drop it on top on an icon,
windows just wants to copy the file to desktop. The icon I'm trying to
drag onto, also doesn't become blueish, indicating it doesn't work (which is
correct).

I'm running Windows XP x64 edition. I've never seen this phenomenon with the
regular Windows, but I've *always* seen this phenomenon with the x64 edition.

How to fix this?

 

[Carey Frisch [MVP]]

Please repost your inquiry in the new Windows 64-bit newsgroup:
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.windows.64bit.general

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Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows - Shell/User
Microsoft Community Newsgroups
news://msnews.microsoft.com/

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| When dragging a file onto a desktop icon, the application will start and
| open the file you dragged onto the icon. For instance, if I drag movie.avi
| onto the virtualdub desktop icon, virtualdub starts and opens movie.avi.
| This should be the case for most applications, but it doesn't work. When
| dragging a file over a desktop icon, I just can't drop it on top on an icon,
| windows just wants to copy the file to desktop. The icon I'm trying to
| drag onto, also doesn't become blueish, indicating it doesn't work (which is
| correct).
|
| I'm running Windows XP x64 edition. I've never seen this phenomenon with the
| regular Windows, but I've *always* seen this phenomenon with the x64 edition.
|
| How to fix this?
|
| --
| Thanks,
|
| Martijn Saly

 

[Darrell S]

When dragging a file onto a desktop icon, the application will start
and open the file you dragged onto the icon. For instance, if I drag
movie.avi onto the virtualdub desktop icon, virtualdub starts and
opens movie.avi. This should be the case for most applications, but
it doesn't work. When dragging a file over a desktop icon, I just
can't drop it on top on an icon, windows just wants to copy the file
to desktop. The icon I'm trying to drag onto, also doesn't become blueish,
indicating it doesn't work
(which is correct).

I'm running Windows XP x64 edition. I've never seen this phenomenon
with the regular Windows, but I've *always* seen this phenomenon with
the x64 edition.
How to fix this?

Perhaps the desktop icon's program can't run the type file you dragged to
it. Certain programs only work with certain type files.

 

[Martijn Saly]

Perhaps the desktop icon's program can't run the type file you dragged to
it. Certain programs only work with certain type files.

Windows doesn't know that. Especially not if the app hasn't even started.

 

[jmikeh]

I currently have the same problem running XP Pro. Here is my original
thread on BBR.

http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14733074

 

[jmikeh]

Of course reinstalling windows worked but I am on a mission to find out
if this can be fixed. I kept the XP install on another harddrive so
that I could see if it could be repaired.