Windows 10: Drag and Drop Stops Working

I am running windows 10 Pro Version 22H2 OS Build 19045.3086 Computer specs belowAny time I boot up my computer, the drag and drop works like normal for a while. However, when I leave my computer idling for a period of time uninterrupted screen on and everything, and/or when I put my computer to sleep and wake it up, drag and drop stops working. Now, if I turn my computer fully off and turn it back on, drag and drop will start working again, no problem. Troubleshooting that I have tried: I have seen on other threads that it could potentially be a driver issue, I have uninstalled and reinst

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Drag and Drop

Hi Charles,

the steps you suggested didn't work for me but, when pressing the escape key it somehow expanded the drive and by using drag and drop to the single file in the list worked.

In the past I could drag and drop multiple folders onto the drive on the network computer(s). Doing it on individual folders will take far too long and time consuming and is not an option.

Microsoft should be able to identify what is blocking it and issue a fix.

My machine is multi boot so tomorrow I will try with Windows 7.

Many thanks for your help,

Deric

 

drag and drop stopped working

drag and drop suddenly stopped working.

 

Drag and drop stops working at random

Drag and drop functionality stops working at random. Sometimes it works for a whole day, sometimes it stops working after an hour of PC usage. I can't drag any file in explorer, nor in my desktop. And drag and drop functionality stops working in some apps
as well (including Photoshop and Illustrator, which is a killer since I work as a designer).

So far I haven't found any other solution than a full restart.

I have tried the following:

1. Restarting, killing the explorer.exe process
2. Disabling any process/service that might have something to do with it
3. pressing the ESC key (I found this solution online, it worked for many)
4. killing the Synergy process (worked for many as well, but I don't have Synergy even installed)
5. Editing the EnableLUA registry (worked for many as well)

It is really time-consuming when I have to restart the machine, with many huge work-in-progress documents, Chrome tabs and programs opened.

Do anyone know what the issue might be?

Thank you very much.