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I can no longer drag and drop emails from inbox to local folders, or attachments from desktop to email drafts. Anybody else experiencing this?

bowtielawyer
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I note that some users beta testing v45 have this issue, but I'm on 38.7.2. This is new today (4/6/16); it worked yesterday.

I note that some users beta testing v45 have this issue, but I'm on 38.7.2. This is new today (4/6/16); it worked yesterday.

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bowtielawyer said

I note that some users beta testing v45 have this issue,

Can you cite URLs please?

bowtielawyer said

but I'm on 38.7.2. This is new today (4/6/16); it worked yesterday.

Goes away if you restart Thunderbird? Or restart Thunderbird in safe mode? 

 see https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/safe-mode
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Wayne Mery
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bowtielawyer said

I note that some users beta testing v45 have this issue,

Can you cite URLs please?

bowtielawyer said

but I'm on 38.7.2. This is new today (4/6/16); it worked yesterday.

Goes away if you restart Thunderbird? Or restart Thunderbird in safe mode? 

 see https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/safe-mode
bowtielawyer
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Thanks. What ended up working was updating Thunderbird, going back to Windows (running 8.1) and installing all "important" updates, then restarting it all.