Drag and Drop and Copy Paste of Files stopped working


  1. jkaashoek
    Posts : 1
    WIndows 7 Home Premium 64bit
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    Drag and Drop and Copy Paste of Files stopped working


    It is no longer possible to drg and drop files or to copy and paste them..

    The trick with using the ESC Key does not work.

    How can this problem be fixed?
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  3. AddRAM
    Posts : 13,576
    Windows 10 Pro x64
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    Run system restore to a point before the problem started.

    System Restore

    Run a system file check, post your results.

    SFC /SCANNOW Command - System File Checker
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  4. Richman1
    Posts : 33
    Windows 7 Ultimate x64
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    What is your memory situation. I know I had these problems when I was running out of available memory.
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