Windows – Drag & Drop files into Visual Studio doesn’t work

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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 doesn't work most of the time. It does work – but only when I closed all open documents in Visual Studio (it's not necessary to close the currently open solution, just the open source files).

I read that it may be a rights problem, but I'm sure this isn't the case on my computer because I have disabled UAC and – as I mentioned – drag & drop works when there is no open document.

What could be the cause of this problem and how can I solve it?

Thanks,
Steven

Best Answer

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.