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> Can you drag a file over My Documents to move it.
Yes, this works.
> Can you drag a text file over a program file like notepad
> to open the text file.
This works as well.
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"David Candy" <.> wrote in message
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Can you drag a file over My Documents to move it. Can you drag a text file
over a program file like notepad to open the text file.
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"Brett Weiss" <lawyer@brettweiss.com> wrote in message
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> Perhaps I was not precise in my wording.
>
> I used to be able to drag a file or files from Windows Explorer to an icon
> on the taskbar, hold the dragged files there, the program would pop up, I
> would move the dragged files onto the program window, and release the
> mouse
> button. The files would then be "dropped" into the program, which would
> open
> them.
>
> This is what I meant when I talked about dragging and dropping files onto
> the taskbar. This is what I no longer can do.
>
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> "David Candy" <.> wrote in message
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> You can't drag to the taskbar. Never have been, never will be.
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> "Brett Weiss" <lawyer@brettweiss.com> wrote in message
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>> Wes:
>>
>> Thanks for the suggestion. Unfortunately, the Group Policy Editor shows
>> that
>> this setting is disabled (which, as I read it, enables d&d [go figure]).
>> FWIW, right click works on the start menu. Also I still can't drag from
>> Explorer to a program in the taskbar. <sigh>
>>
>> Any other suggestions?
>>
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>> Brett
>>
>> "Wesley Vogel" <123WVogel955@comcast.net> wrote in message
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>>> Check the settings in Group Policy and the registry setting.,.
>>>
>>> You can use the Group Policy editor (Gpedit.msc) under the following
>>> location to configure Start menu features:
>>> User Configuration \ Administrative Templates \ Start Menu and Taskbar
>>>
>>> HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\
>>> Policies\Explorer
>>> The registry entries are DWORD values. A value of 1 is enabled, and a
>>> value
>>> of 0 is disabled.
>>>
>>> Policy: Disable drag-and-drop menus on the Start Menu
>>> Description: Prevents users from modifying the Start menu by dragging
>>> and
>>> dropping items. Other methods of customizing the Start menu are still
>>> enabled.
>>> Registry Value: "NoChangeStartMenu"
>>>
>>> Unable to right-click on the folders or shortcuts in the Start Menu
>>>
http://windowsxp.mvps.org/SMRightClick.htm
>>>
>>> --
>>> Hope this helps. Let us know.
>>>
>>> Wes
>>> MS-MVP Windows Shell/User
>>>
>>> In news:etvtmdPAFHA.3840@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl,
>>> Brett Weiss <lawyer@brettweiss.com> hunted and pecked:
>>>> My drag and drop, in the start menu and to a program on the taskbar,
>>>> has died. I can't d&d anything in the start menu, and when I try to
>>>> d&d to a program in the taskbar, I get the "not allowed" icon.
>>>>
>>>> I've gone into advanced start menu properties and made sure the d&d is
>>>> checked.
>>>>
>>>> Does anyone have any thoughts as to what could be causing this and
>>>> how to fix it? I'm running XP Pro, SP2.
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Brett
>>>
>>
>>
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