My Windows XP Pro computer developed an interesting problem… Drag and drop stopped working. I couldn’t move emails between folders, change desktop icon position, tear out a browser tab, etc. After a bit of searching I found a fix for it, based on this MS article:
The basics of the article are correct; however, the steps are incomplete for XP. Here’s an updating of the instructions:
- Start->Run, type dcomcnfg, enter.
- Expand Console Root->Component Services->Computers->My Computer.
- Right-click My Computer and choose Properties.
- Go to the COM Security tab and click Edit Default… under Access Permissions.
- Verify that both System and Interactive are listed with Allow Access. If either are missing, add them by clicking Add.
- In the List Names From box, make sure that the local computer name is listed.
- Type interactive or system as appropriate (mine was missing Interactive).
- Click OK.
- Make sure that Allow is checked on Local Access for both users.
- Click OK.
Mine immediately started working without a reboot.
