I am on XP Pro SP1.
I have been having some problems with not being able to drag certain things. It isn't just drag & drop of files, it affects column widths in 'details view' on explorer, firefox tabs, start menu entries and so on.
When I attempt it no error message is given, the item just starts to drag and then resets back to its original position, as though I had released the mouse button and then it will stay there. It is as though something is constantly trying to steal focus - I tried dragging a folder in a window behind firefox and the focus instantly switched back to firefox. It isn't firefox, however, as it still happens when FF isn't running. It also still happens when everything is minimised.
Dragging some things like a scrollbar works fine, as does dragging to select text.
I checked using 'unlocker' to see if anything had locked the file I was trying to drag, but nothing had.
Things I have recently done:
Got a logitech MX Revolution mouse. This has been ruled out as the cause - I have tried disabling the logitech software and using my previous mouse - the problem still occurs.
Installed the latest nvidia drivers. I installed 91.47 andthat's when I started noticing it, but I have tried installing the 92.91 beta drivers and it is the same. I can't necessarily do a 'rollback' as I don't use system restore.
Installed Launchy. Someone else suggested it might be this that caused it but I have tried disabling it and it didn't help. They suggest it could have caused something during install, but I don't know what changes it made. I have posted on the sourceforge forums for the app.
I have tried adding these registry keys as suggested in another forum: http://www.kellys-korner-xp.co.....gndrop.reg but it doesn't fix the problem. I have also tried running these commands and rebooting:
regsvr32 ole32
regsvr32 /i shell32
Here's a list of what I've got running:
http://img147.imageshack.us/img147/1740/processesne7.jpg
Can you think of what could be causing this? Or what I can do to fix it?
Thanks.
I have been having some problems with not being able to drag certain things. It isn't just drag & drop of files, it affects column widths in 'details view' on explorer, firefox tabs, start menu entries and so on.
When I attempt it no error message is given, the item just starts to drag and then resets back to its original position, as though I had released the mouse button and then it will stay there. It is as though something is constantly trying to steal focus - I tried dragging a folder in a window behind firefox and the focus instantly switched back to firefox. It isn't firefox, however, as it still happens when FF isn't running. It also still happens when everything is minimised.
Dragging some things like a scrollbar works fine, as does dragging to select text.
I checked using 'unlocker' to see if anything had locked the file I was trying to drag, but nothing had.
Things I have recently done:
Got a logitech MX Revolution mouse. This has been ruled out as the cause - I have tried disabling the logitech software and using my previous mouse - the problem still occurs.
Installed the latest nvidia drivers. I installed 91.47 andthat's when I started noticing it, but I have tried installing the 92.91 beta drivers and it is the same. I can't necessarily do a 'rollback' as I don't use system restore.
Installed Launchy. Someone else suggested it might be this that caused it but I have tried disabling it and it didn't help. They suggest it could have caused something during install, but I don't know what changes it made. I have posted on the sourceforge forums for the app.
I have tried adding these registry keys as suggested in another forum: http://www.kellys-korner-xp.co.....gndrop.reg but it doesn't fix the problem. I have also tried running these commands and rebooting:
regsvr32 ole32
regsvr32 /i shell32
Here's a list of what I've got running:
http://img147.imageshack.us/img147/1740/processesne7.jpg
Can you think of what could be causing this? Or what I can do to fix it?
Thanks.
