drag and drop quit working

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synterx

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Been using Parallels with XP on my macs since it came out. I just got a new MBPro, and installed everything as usual, fresh clean Parallels, just downloaded today, so it's current. Now I can't drag a file from the mac desktop to windows desktop. I get a white circle with a line through it. Never did that before, always worked (well, not before that feature was officially added...).

Checked all the settings, don't see anywhere that could effect that. I don't think I need a shared folder setup, as I rarely do that. I just occasionally drag a folder or two around.

Any ideas?
 
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Did you do the Mac security update this week by any chance? It could be a coincidence, but my drag and drop has also stopped working from Mac to Windows (although works from Windows to Mac) and the only software update of any kind that I have done in the interim is Security update 2007-009. Cut and Paste is now broken in this direction too.
 
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yes, I just did last night before I installed Parallels and XP. And you are correct, I can drag from windows to mac, just not mac to windows. Whew, at least I'm not alone. Unfortunately, I rarealy drag from windows to mac, so this is of little consulation to me. I hope someone else knows of a workaround to this.
 
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Use migrated hard drive on desktop

I'm running into the same problem. Work around is to open the Parallels migrated hard drive that appears on the OS X desktop. You can drill down to your Windows user folder and copy files from Mac to the Windows desktop.
 
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I am running Parallels 3.0 for Mac, Build 5582. My MacPro is running 10.4.11 and my Guest OS is Windows XP.

I installed Security Update 2007-009 (10.4.11 Universal) from Apple earlier this week. Both cut/paste and drag and drop worked before the Security Update, but now both features only work from Windows to Mac but not vice versa. I have restarted Windows, reinstalled parallels Tools, relaunched Parallels, and restarted the Mac - all multiple times - still doesn't work.
 
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Unfortunately, drag and drop in 5582+Tiger is a known issue and we are already investigating it in-house. If drag and drop function is critical for you, the only way to solve it for now - to downgrade to 5160. I'm awfully sorry for the inconvenience.

Best regards,
Alicia.
 
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Build 5160

It looks like Build 5160 is not working for a lot of people with Mac OS X 10.4.11, and neither drag and drop nor copy/paste are working. Would going back to an earlier version help? Has anyone found a temporary fix for this?
 
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Hello all,

that drag-and-drop issue is already tested in-house and fixed in our next build which is going to be released soon. The problem was caused by the latest Mac OS security updates.

Best regards,
Alicia.
 
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