Can't drag files to Solution Explorer

Question

I am having an unusual problem. I have always been able to drag files and folder from my desktop or explorer to the solution explorer in visual studio and add the files to m

Answer 1

You can't do this when your project is running. Is it?

Answer 2

I also cannot drop files from the explorer onto Visual Studio when it is running in admin mode.

But please try opening 'Add / Existing Item ... ' from the Solution Explorer / Manager context menu in Visual Studio and drag and drop files and folders from that window.

Works on my machine with Visual Studio 2012 ...

Answer 3

Windows will not let you drag from one window to another if only one of those windows is running as Administrator.

Are you running Visual Studio as Administrator?

In short : Run Visual Studio as Non Administrator.

Answer 4

I had the same issue and noticed I was pulling files from a folder that was compressed. I unzipped all the files and was able to drag and drop into the solutions explorer fine. Make sure your files are not in view mode in a compressed folder.