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    • Jim Dorf
      Jim Dorf last edited by

      Ok, am I really just noticing this now, or is there a recent issue developed where you can no longer drag a file into an existing Notepad++ window to edit the file?

      If I’m just getting old and it never worked – then it would be nice!

      /jim

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      • Meta Chuh
        Meta Chuh last edited by

        @Jim-Dorf
        welcome to the notepad++ community

        drag and drop a file from explorer to a np++ window still works on my system and should work on any system (so you aren’t senile quite yet)

        has anything else changed on your pc ? any recent windows updates ?
        can you post your np++ version and architecture (x86/x64)
        and post your current windows type and windows build ?
        did you try to reboot your pc and see if it works again ?

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        • Claudia Frank
          Claudia Frank @Jim Dorf last edited by

          @Jim-Dorf

          as @Meta-Chuh already said, the function is working for me as well.
          What could be that case is if permission/elevation problems like
          the logged on user isn’t allowed to read the file or the explorer exe runs on
          a different elevation level than npp does …

          Cheers
          Claudia

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          • Jim Dorf
            Jim Dorf last edited by

            AWESOME!!

            I set npp to “Run as Admin” recently because I had tried to save a file to an area that required elevation - and I didn’t want it to ever happen again.

            Turned that off and I have drag-and-drop back!!

            Thanks again and happy new year!! /jim

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