File drag-and-drop error in Internet Explorer

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Alex V. O. - 25 Jan 2005 14:10 GMT

Hi All!

I don't use file drag-and-drop function of IE heavily, but recently I
needed to copy Outlook Express messages to some folder on disk and got
"Error Copying File or Folder" message with text "An error occured
while copying the file".

After that I found that Microsoft Office Outlook gives me the same
message on drag-and-drop to disk and finally I got the same error from
Internet Explorer when tried to drag-and-drop file from it's window
(both in www mode and in ftp mode).

Did someone ever experience such a problem?

I will be grateful for any advice because have bad feeling of Windows
reinstallation :)

Alex.

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jopa66 - 25 Jan 2005 14:38 GMT

Try this:

copy/paste the info below to a blank Notepad Document.
save the file as a REG file, not the default TXT - filename not important
double click the reg file and answer YES to the prompt
post back your results

----------------- begin copy below line ---------------
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced]
"Start_EnableDragDrop"=dword:00000001

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer]
"NoChangeStartMenu"=dword:00000000

-------------- end copy above line -------------------

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> Alex.

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Alex V. O. - 25 Jan 2005 16:22 GMT

Thanks Jopa,

Unfortunetely this didn't work out. It seems to be not CurrentUser
problem, because I got this error under different users on the same
machine.

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jopa66 - 25 Jan 2005 19:46 GMT

Ok. Try this one.

----------------- begin copy below line ---------------
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\StartMenu\StartMenu\StartMenuChange\Policy\NoChangeStartMenu]
@=""

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\StartMenu\Policy\NoChangeStartMenu]
@=""

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\StartMenu\StartPanel\EnableDragDrop]
"Type"="checkbox"
"Text"="@shell32.dll,-30475"
"HKeyRoot"=dword:80000001
"RegPath"="Software\\Microsoft\\Windows\\CurrentVersion\\Explorer\\Advanced"
"ValueName"="Start_EnableDragDrop"
"CheckedValue"=dword:00000001
"UncheckedValue"=dword:00000000
"DefaultValue"=dword:00000001

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\StartMenu\StartPanel\EnableDragDrop\Policy]

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\StartMenu\StartPanel\EnableDragDrop\Policy\NoChangeStartMenu]
@=""

-------------- end copy above line -------------------

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> Thanks Jopa,
>
> Unfortunetely this didn't work out. It seems to be not CurrentUser
> problem, because I got this error under different users on the same
> machine.

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Alex V. O. - 27 Jan 2005 07:58 GMT

Jopa, thanks for the tips.

Can you please explain what is the meaning of that registry change? I
afraid to do much changes without knowing the objective.

By the way it is only Internet Explorer problem, not Windows Explorer.
Thanks again,
Alex

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jopa66 - 27 Jan 2005 13:22 GMT

These are simply the exported registry keys having to do with drag'n drop
from a working system (ie. mine). You are always wise to backup your
registry or create a restore point before applying a reg file.

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Alex V. O. - 27 Jan 2005 15:05 GMT

Jopa,

I tried these settings also (backed up Explorer registry key first) -
no luck. I will try to reinstall Internet Explorer, if this will not
help I will continue to search newsgroups.
Thank you for your help,
Alex.

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