Drag & Drop will not work on two computers :(

[Guest]

Well I was just trying to use the drag & drop feature like I do on a day to
day basis and it doesn't work at all. I can't even drag and drop the desktop
icons.I am trying to do this on the only two computer on my home network. The
machines have WinXP Pro with SP2. I did a full virus and spyware scan on both
and it popped up with about 3 different things on each scan. So everything
that was found was deleted on both machines. So I restarted them both and
neither one still works right. I went to this site
(http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm) and downloaded the "Enable
Drag & Drop" Regestry. I ran that and it didnt do anything. I restarted the
computers again and I still can't drag & drop. All the Dragging and Dropping
that I am doing is all within the same computer. It's not across the network
or anything. I have checked the Setting to disable or enable drang & drop and
it is checked to enable in both IE and within the taskbar settings. One
computer is a storage computer so it is left on all the time but doesnt do
much (No internet surfing or anything), and the other is the computer that I
use all the time. If anybody has any other ideas on what I can do to get the
Drag & Drop feature back please help me out!! Thanks!

-Zac

 

[Jimt]

Just a thought, try the following:
Right click Start button,
then Properties,
then Customize... button,
then Advanced tab,
in the Start Menu items list, check mark
"Enable Dragging and Dropping".

Good luck, Jimt

 

[Guest]

Yes this setting is enabled.

-Zac

Just a thought, try the following:
Right click Start button,
then Properties,
then Customize... button,
then Advanced tab,
in the Start Menu items list, check mark
"Enable Dragging and Dropping".

Good luck, Jimt

 

[Jon]

Right-click desktop (or within folder) > Arrange icons by
Uncheck Auto Arrange

Jon

 

[Guest]

It's not just my icons that are doing this. It is everything that you would
ever drag & Drop. Like all of the files within a folder. Lets say that I want
to drag & drop them into another folder. I can't because it doesnt allow me
to. I drag the items over whatever I want to and they just go back to where
they came from. And the Auto Arrange function is disabled.

-Zac

 

[T. Waters]

The System Restore feature in XP may be your easy out from this problem. If
you have not used it previously, look it up in Help and Support.

 

[Peter Foldes]

IE\Properties\Security\Custom Level and scroll down to drag and drop

 

[Jon]

Although you've done the virus and spyware scan, you may still have an
unwanted startup program interfering with things

Could try
Start > run > "msconfig" > startup tab
Click "disable all" > ok > reboot


See if it clears up the drag and drop problem.

If it does then go back to that startup tab and reintroduce items one by one
by putting a tick by them (starting with those you recognise) / try to
identify the offending startup item



Jon

 

[Guest]

I have tried everything stated above and nothing has effected the Drag &
Drop. the wierd thing is that this is happening on both computers.


-Zac

 

[T. Waters]

Zac, you are right that having the problem on both computers is very weird.
If I were in your situation, I might consider disabling the network while
working on the problem. Then I would try the various solutions again.