quicklaunch bar drag & drop does not work

[Jos]

Despite the fact that I enabled drag and drop option in the advanced
Startmenu options, I am unable to rearrange items in my startmenu or
quicklaunch bar.

Neither am I able to drag links from my desktop to the quick launch bar.

Anyone seen this before and knows what to do to correct this?

Working with windowsXp sp2.

Jos

PS I have seen a article in the knowledge base that describes this behaviour
in windows 2000 but not in XP. The solution offered there does not work in
XP either

 

[T. Waters]

Jos, have you unlocked the taskbar yet?
Right-click on the Taskbar and uncheck Lock the Taskbar.

 

[Jos]

Mr? Waters,

Yes; there is no difference between locking and unlocking the taskbar. Any
other thoughts?

Jos

 

[T. Waters]

That is unfortunate. In my experience, sometimes I am forced to move the
"slider" to the right to make an empty space in the Taskbar to receive a new
shortcut. When you are dragging the icon, can it cross the line and enter
the Quick Launch while you drag? Does the circle/slash symbol ever disappear
once you drag to the desired position? A detailed description may provide a
clue.

 

[Jos]

Mr?. Waters, thx for your replies,

When I click and hold an icon on my desktop, and hold down the "ctrl"-key, I
can drag the icon (with a plus in the bottom-left) all over the desktop.
However when I reach the bottom of the screen the icon changes to the
circle/slash symbol. If (as I do) I have my taskbar hidden, it does not show
up while dragging the icon. I have tested it while having the taskbar
allways visible. Then as soon as I drag the icon over the taskbas it changes
to the circle/slach symbol.

When I click and hold an icon already on the quicklaunch bar and try to move
it within the quicklaunchbar; a symbol with a verical bar is supposed to
appear to indicate where you are placing the icon. However in my situation
no symbol appears. While dragging I noticed the icon that the mouce hoover
over, is selected.

Hope this triggers a solution.

Jos

 

[T. Waters]

Well, that would drive me mad.
Since you have enabled dragging and dropping, etc. I wonder if you have been
to the Kelly's Korner site? She has an edit there to return the Taskbar to
default functionality. Of course, the problem is actually the Quick Launch.
I would think that trying her tweak could do no harm, though:
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm
#164, right column
"Restore Taskbar to Default Functionality"Restore Taskbar to Default
Functionality

 

[Jos]

Thx, actually it drives me crazy. Why do I bother that much, while it's just
a minor irritant problem.

I'll check out the site.

Jos

 

[Jos]

That did solve the problem (for the moment?) Now the question "what caused
this and how did Kelly solve this?" is driving me mad.

However I won't let it ruin my weelend.

Jos