Join the Mozilla’s Test Days event from Dec 2–8 to test the new Firefox address bar on Firefox Beta 134 and get a chance to win Mozilla swag vouchers! 🎁

Search Support

Avoid support scams. We will never ask you to call or text a phone number or share personal information. Please report suspicious activity using the “Report Abuse” option.

Learn More

Drag-n-drop from file explorer to new Thunderbird message no longer works Win7x64

  • 1 nzaghachinzaghachi
  • 1 nwere nsogbu anwere nsogbu a
  • 1 view
  • Nzaghachi ikpeazụ nke Matt

more options

This began a bit ago (few months) and I just didn't have time to deal with it.

One day when I tried to drag an image from Windows File Explorer I couldn't get the Thunderbird windows to show after hovering over the Thunderbird tile on the task bar (neither the main program nor the new message would display) and instead it asked if I wanted to pin the image to Thunderbird.

When this used to work when I would hover over Thunderbird on the task bar with the image for a second or 2 I would get the mini preview windows. One with the main program and the other would show the new message when I would then hover over the new message it would open the window to full size and I could drop the image into the message.

This began a bit ago (few months) and I just didn't have time to deal with it. One day when I tried to drag an image from Windows File Explorer I couldn't get the Thunderbird windows to show after hovering over the Thunderbird tile on the task bar (neither the main program nor the new message would display) and instead it asked if I wanted to pin the image to Thunderbird. When this used to work when I would hover over Thunderbird on the task bar with the image for a second or 2 I would get the mini preview windows. One with the main program and the other would show the new message when I would then hover over the new message it would open the window to full size and I could drop the image into the message.

All Replies (1)

more options

Ok, I just messed around in Windows 7 64bit with just that and it works as you describe, hover for a bit and the appropriate windows pops to the front. So I suggest it might have something to do with some software you have installed