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Drag and Drop stopped working...
Posted: 25 Jan 2025 21:51
by daandi
Hello, I've recently encountered an issue where
drag and drop into XYplorer
no longer works.
Whether I try to drag files from Windows Explorer or programs like Faststone Image Viewer, dropping files into XYplorer is not possible. This used to work without any problems before. What can I try to fix this?
Draging out of XYplorer works fine.
thank you
Andreas
Re: Drag and Drop stopped working...
Posted: 26 Jan 2025 11:07
by admin
One possible explanation is that you are running XY as administrator. Windows does not allow drag-and-drop from user to administrator.
Re: Drag and Drop stopped working...
Posted: 26 Jan 2025 17:24
by daandi
As far as I know, I start XY as a normal user. Directly Opend XYplorer.exe with Enter-Key ('open' not 'open as admin').
Unfortunately this does not help. As soon as I want to drag a file into XY, the icon changes to a “ forbidden sign”.
Is there a way to verify that XY is not running as admin? Just to be on the safe side.
Re: Drag and Drop stopped working...
Posted: 26 Jan 2025 17:28
by highend
The details tab in the task manager can display the column "Elevated"
Re: Drag and Drop stopped working... (solved!)
Posted: 26 Jan 2025 22:32
by daandi
OK, that was it.
XY was being launched through a shortcut file where 'run as administrator' was checked. I removed that check and now drag and drop works again.
Thank you!
Re: Drag and Drop stopped working...
Posted: 27 Jan 2025 02:57
by TestMeister
@highend
I launch XW as admin but in Task Manager don't see "Elevated" associated with it under Processes or Details. Is that because my login has Admin privileges?
Re: Drag and Drop stopped working...
Posted: 22 Jan 2026 11:53
by mu-sick
I am experiencing the same problem without having any administrator privilleges. I can drag and drop to desktop and to opened folder in other pane but not on a tab in xyplorer. I cannot even drag and drop using right mouse options.
Re: Drag and Drop stopped working...
Posted: 22 Jan 2026 12:23
by admin
Maybe you enabled Tools | Customize List | Manual Sorting?
Re: Drag and Drop stopped working...
Posted: 23 Jan 2026 07:51
by mu-sick
Hi and thanks.
No manual sorting option selected.
The issue started after updating to the latest beta version (28.10.502)
Re: Drag and Drop stopped working...
Posted: 23 Jan 2026 08:13
by mu-sick
issue fixed with today's beta. thanks!