Some people may find that, Drag and Drop in Photoshop is not Working once they start editing files. We are also getting emails from our readers saying that photoshop won’t let me drag and drop, forcing them to open a new image using the Photoshop menu option. For this issue, you don’t have to reinstall your photoshop. By doing a small change in the system registry file, we can fix it. The issue was there for a long time, and you can see even in the photoshop’s official websites feedback section a large number of users are asking the solution for the drag and drop issue in photoshop.
Fix Photoshop Drag and Drop Issue
So please do the following steps to fix drag and drop issues in photoshop.
Step 1: Goto your search section on the Windows and type ‘regedit’. You will see ‘regedit’ Run command item. Click on it.
Step 2: In the Regedit window, double click on “HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE”
Step 3: Then, double click on “SOFTWARE”.
Step 4: Then you will see a big list, find “MICROSOFT” and double click on that.
Step 5: Then find “WINDOWS” and double click to open it.
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Step 6: Then double click on “CurrentVersion”.
Step 7: Then find “Policies” and double click on that.
Step 8: Then double click on “System”
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Step 9: Now, you reached the main menu area. Look into the items available in the right side portion.
From that, you will see an item named “EnableLUA”. Double click on that.
Step 10: Now, a small window will open with the value of that item. You may see it by default; the Value data set to be 1. Please change it to 0 and do not change any other value (keep base as Hexadecimal)
Step 11: Now click, Ok. It is now updated. Now please restart your PC. After that, try on Photoshop and see whether the drag and drop photoshop option is working or not.
Hope the issue now fixed for you. if you still facing any issues, please let us know in the comment section below. If it is working fine, then you can start editing with some good textures and presets on photoshop.
worked!!
thank you so much.
Thank you for the feedback.
Thanks for your help
You are welcome Walid.
It worked, thanks for the solution 🗣
you are welcome
Did not fix the problem. Using PS18 version with Windows10. Any other suggestions?
can you provide additional details please. are you getting any error message or nothing showing ?
Hi, I did the same and it worked for me however I am not able now to open any application on my computer as it say “App/Photos can’t be open with a built-in administrator account.” So I changed the User Account Control Setting to Enable again for the apps/photos to open again which gets me back to the can’t drag photo to the photoshop problem. Can you help me fix this? Thanks!
Did you restarted the PC after doing that ?
it works with windows 10 enterprises (Photoshop CC 2019)
It worked for me too! Thanks a lot
Thanks it works like a magic..!!
Here these below 2 things are to be done before thinking that it doesn’t works
1. Restart PC and then check whether it is working or not.
2. Try both ways i,e Run photoshop as administrator and not as administrator.
Thanks it works, U are brilliant.
worked a treat – CC 20.0.0. Many thanks 🙂
Happy to hear that.
Worked for me, Thanks bro!
thank you so much
ITS NOT WORKING I SEE THIS WAY MULTIPUL TIME AND I TRY IT BUT ITS NOT WORKING WHY
Hi Hari,
Sorry to hear that, can you tell me which version of Photoshop you are using.
THIS IS WORKKKKKK, THANK YOUUUUUUUUUUU
You are welcome.
Hey man it works for photoshop CS6
Hey Mark, Thank you for confirming.
Hello ,I have photoshop version 2012 it didn’t work please help (I have windows 10 )
Hi Layan,
Thank you for the information, I will check and update accordingly.
It did not work with me😪, i’ve been trying for 2 days, I so made😡 cause I can’t work.
Any mother solution please?
Hi Dounia,
Can you please let me know the version of PS you are using?
Hey, I did this and it worked! But everytime I download a new texture pack or any art asset to use, it happens again. Is there something I can fix in the setting permanently so I don’t have to do this every single time I download a new design asset to create with?
Hi Samantha,
Thank you for letting us know. We will check that and let you know once we find a solution.
Regards.
thanks bro….
Welcome, Pradeep.