lost 'drag and drop' for network places

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it seems that one hotfix or another has removed my ability to use
'drag and drop' with 'My Network Places' in Win2K SP4, but i don't
find much detail on this anywhere. manual arrangement of icon display
in that folder is also disabled. i can still use 'add network place'
to add shares.

i did find many articles on a security issue for 'drag and drop' and
Explorer, but none of those specifically mention the Network Places
folder. does anyone here have more detail about this?

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karl_hungus wrote:
> Im having exactly the same problem. I cant drag and drop after one of
> the hotfixes. I can at least copy and paste, but not drag and drop. Win
> 2000 SP4

someone else attributed this to hotfix 890047, and claimed that a
lengthy uninstall cured it. the only other factoid i can offer is
that i have this on one machine, but not on another, and the second
machine doesn't return this drag&drop problem. i'm looking for some
other confirmation before i attempt an uninstall as well.

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Actually, sorry. That is not really a true fix. The issue more
specifically is that tools->folder options->web view has two options:
-Enable web content in folders
-Use windows classic folders

If 'Use windows classic folders' is checked then I can't drag and drop
to Network Places as of hotfix 89004. Chosing 'Enable web content in
folders' allows drag and drop. Not sure if MS is going to consider this
a 'feature' or not.