Drag and drop not working in Windows 11? Try these fixes!

Oh no! Drag and drop not working in Windows 11? Try these fixes!
This video will show you how to do it!
Dragging and dropping is a very important process on Windows 11 or any OS, so make sure to try these solutions to fix the issue!

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PLEASE NOTE:
The third solution might affect the Start Menu functionality, so please proceed with caution!

▬ Contents of this video ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬
0:00 - Intro
0:14 - Use the Alt + Tab shortcut
0:48 - Open the two windows in split screen

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[Crazyfish]

Ugh, thank you! I don't understand why this feature is suddenly missing, quite annoying.

[chrstanmllgan]

this video doesnt solve any problems.. it says drag and drop is not working meaning it physically will not let you drag and drop yet the entire video is him dragging and dropping, im here because i CANT drag and drop, thats the issue im trying to fix

[andikasavana]

thanks for your help, i prefer left icons then losing drag and drop feature, i dont understand why they remove this important feature, they just focus on UI and forgot the UX

[johnyficcion]

-Problem: i cannot drag files
-Why are you putting in the name of video that you are resolving that problem even when you don't
bad video

[seanyunidha]

Removing Drag And Drop function in Windows 11 is so annoying! Imagine using alt+tab using trackpad how the hell we do it..

[alienzm]

I really can't believe they removed such a vital feature

[plastiksurgeon]

The split screen worked for me! Why does Microsoft insist on "fixing" something that's not broken?? 🙄

[MichaelBerglund-DrBerglund]

The Regedit option WORKED PHENOMENALLY ... thank you so very much.

[yogerex]

the Registry method is a double sided blade.. it worked for drag and drop but disabled many other functions in my laptop.. even the boot time increased from 10seconds to 1 minute.. the start key stopped functioning and the clock disappeared.. but other things were working normally

[SmarthKalra]

by doing this my system is not showing start menu, when i click on windows button it does't do any thing and even I am not able to open REgistry editor, , how can I open registry editor now ?

[FriendlyKnuckle]

hey thanks for the help

i encountered a problem though, after i did this my windows button on the taskbar stopped working, is there a fix to keep both the dragging and dropping AND the windows key?

[ianantonysmith]

Hi and thanks. But these are not fixes, rather workarounds that still do not allow us to simply drag and drop. If there is a solution to fixing drag and drop please do let us know!

[shubhamsurana]

Thank you so much, its working after editing the registry

[Cdvon]

wonder why they got rid of the option, ty for the video

[danielengebretsen]

Is there any known reason for why this suddenly don`t work? Its been fine for like 6 months on my windows 11 :/

[arunpandiyan]

Thanks for the solution and I like your English accent bro :)

[beeshoney]

I have a 2yo Lenovo laptop with an USB mouse.
Since today whenever I try to drag and drop it releases the file randomly.
And when I try to mass select holding down the left button it's like it would have connection error since it randomly releases too. Can itt be the laptop going mad if it have to use the touchpad or the mouse or what?

[WaelShoman]

the problem is how to drag and drop facebook posts - it does not working with me

[PaladinGear]

Wanted it on the desktop, no help at all.

[mahmoodsimzex]

Thank you so much! I was taking a lot of time from me to split the screen to drag files, but I followed the last step and now I can drag from anywhere just like windows 10!