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Hi,&nbsp; All of a sudden I am unable to drag and drop items from Documents or Downloads to an email. I get a red circle w/ a diagonal slash. Any help appreciated.&nbsp;Thanks

geoffs469 · Answer

I have the same problem. Have you solved it yet?

awr314 · Answer

Well, I wouldn't say I solved it but all of a sudden it started working. I was using the attachment function at the top of the email for a while. It worked but was a pita. One day a month or so ago I tried the drag &amp; drop &amp; was surprised it worked. No idea why it started working.

teresa_cyrus · Answer

Hi&nbsp;AWR314&nbsp;&amp;&nbsp;GeoffS469&nbsp;&nbsp;I am an independent advisor investigating this issue.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;I have the latest Office365 suite with desktop and online versions. I was unable to recreate your issue. However, I found some articles suggesting solutions when you cannot drag and drop items in an Outlook email.&nbsp;Try:&nbsp;outlook drag and drop not working windows 10 - Microsoft Q&amp;ATop Solutions to “Outlook Drag and Drop not Working” Issue (imyfone.com)If you find this information helpful, please mark it as the best response or like this post to help other users.&nbsp;Teresa#traccreations4e

geoffs469 · Answer

All,I finally found a fix that worked in this article: https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/all/drag-and-drop-stops-working-randomly/c4d14c18-5a7d-4a3f-a15f-d5fb9cce1dc7I had to use Lester BernardReyes third option, which was to create a restore point and do an in-place upgrade wherein it will upgrade the device to the latest version and repair all issues without deleting any files. I never trust that this sort of drastic action will not screw up my machine, but in this case Bernard was right and it worked, at least so far. AWR314, give this a try if your problem comes back. My drag'n'drop issue was in File Explorer but also occurred when trying to drag a URL from a browser to a file folder in File Explorer, which I do all the time to save recipes for future reference.

teresa_cyrus · Answer

GeoffS469&nbsp;&nbsp;Glad you were able to find a fix.&nbsp; I missed that article.&nbsp;&nbsp;And, I am not sure if I would have offered that one to you if I was not able to TEST it myself. When it comes to deleting dat files or asking a user to create a restore, it makes me nervous.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Again, I am glad you find a fix.&nbsp; And it is available to others.&nbsp;Happy 4th of July!Teresa&nbsp;

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