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File drag and drop in Explorer obscured by icon
I have an issue with copying or moving files between folders in Windows Explorer using Home Premium 7. I installed Windows 7 a year ago and faced this issue. I got rid of it, but don’t recall how. In the last few days, it has returned----I don’t know why.
When I grab a file with the mouse and drag it to the left to another folder, an icon appears on top of that file. The icon is totally unnecessary and obscures my view of the destination folder. This often causes the file to drop into the wrong folder. The icon changes depending on the type of file being moved.
In the screenshot below, I am attempting to drag a Word file from the right side of Explorer to another folder on the left side. Notice the postage stamp-sized “Word” icon with the large “W” that covers up portions of the directory tree.
How do I get rid of that completely pointless icon?
I thought it was some setting in folder view options, but I have played with those settings to no effect.
Help??!!??