Here is my system info after I reset my preferences hopefully this provides some insight.Īdobe Photoshop Version: 2017.0.1 20161130.r.29 0:23:00:00 CL 1099099 圆4 Resetting preferences also failed to solve the issue. I tried starting PS without third party plugins as you suggested, but that did not work. I suspect this issue has to do with permissions, however, I've reviewed my permissions on each of my hard drives and I have full control over everything, as far as I can tell.īeing able to drag files in from multiple locations is almost essential for my workflow so any help is appreciated! This seemed like an odd 'fix' to me, but it actually worked! (Briefly).ĭoing both those items worked and allowed me to drag files into Photoshop again, however, upon restarting my PC those fixes no longer worked and I am still unable to drag files in.I disabled the "Show Messages" option under Edit > Preferences > General > Show Messages.I went on to do the second step (below) as recommended in various Google results. I stopped running Photoshop as an administrator (which I had been doing as a means to 'fix' another problem I was having).I had temporarily solved the problem by doing the following (as per Google):
I recorded a video of what it looks like:
Rather than the file opening (or being placed into an open document), the mouse cursor changes to a "stop" or "no" icon. Hi all, I've been having an issue for a while (since one of the recent updates, I cannot remember which) where I am unable to drag files from any location on my PC into Photoshop.
I am running the latest version of Photoshop CC and Windows 10 64-bit.