Drag & Drop files into Visual Studio doesn't work

Question

shortly I made a fresh install of Windows 8.1 on my computer. Since that I\'m having trouble when dragging files from Explorer or TotalCommander into Visual Studio - it does

Answer 1

For Windows 8 Home

Regedit.exe

Computer\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System\EnableLUA

Set value to 0

Reboot

Answer 2

Just figured this myself (it's really annoying)

It is caused because the Administrator account status is disabled by default and all administrators run in Admin Approval mode.

In order to get it working open control panel, administrative tools, local security policy and under security change Accounts: Administrator account status to enabled and UAC: Run all admins in Admin Approval Mode to disabled.

Answer 3

For Windows 8 (actually using 8.1) you can do it via UI located:

• Control Panel > Administrative Tools > Local Security Policy
• Security Settings > Local Policies > Security Options
  • Accounts: Administrator account status = Enabled
  • UAC: Run all admins in Admin Approval Mode = Disabled

Hope it helps :)