Suddenly cannot drag or drop more files in windows 7 (64-bit)

Hello world

I have a new laptop to Windows 7 Home Premium (64-bit). I did not install new programs (auto-mises updated either) or what I know changed settings, but suddenly today, I is no longer drag and drop files on my laptop... it is everywhere, but more significantly on the desktop, where I put the files usually group then where I want. If I want to move files from the desktop to My Documents, I must now cut and paste!

What is going on?

Have I inadvertently changed a setting? How can I get this function return because it is vital!

Sincerely and thank you,.

Judd

It sounds too simple to work, but it worked for me:

(1) find an affected icon.

(2) click and HOLD the icon with the left mouse button.

3) press ESC now left button of the mouse.

That's all!  This drove me crazy.  It had nothing to do with the registry entries or something else.  Simply a failure & operation drag move which had not left.  Even rebooting worked only temporarily, so I suspect that my Esc key may have been stuck down, or at least the thought system that was!

My particular variant of this problem appears to be either a Virtual Machine taking the focus of the mouse, or a window of browser (I was running a virtual machine within a browser window) can be interrupted during the action of the mouse.

Thanks to @_Nige for the quick fix.

http://answers.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows/Forum/Windows_7-performance/drag-and-drop-not-working-in-Windows-7/f6dcfa11-8c51-E011-8dfc-68b599b31bf5?TM=1341168619214

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