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February 16, 2020
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Drag and Drop in Photoshop 2020

  • February 16, 2020
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I am unable to drag and drop photos from windows exporer pictures folder into Photoshop CC

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jane-e
Community Expert
Community Expert
February 16, 2020

When did this start? Just now or maybe when something else was installed?

If it just started, try one or more of these:

  • The first thing to check, even if it's just to rule it out, is if you have an open dialog box in Photoshop.
  • If that's not it, try quitting and restarting or rebooting to see if it persists.

~ Jane

Participant
February 16, 2020

Hi

I tried this after watching adobe tutorials so not sure if it has ever been possible

regards

bob

jane-e
Community Expert
Community Expert
February 16, 2020

Hi

 

Yes, it should be possible to drag from Window File Explorer. Are you getting an error message? Try dragging from Adobe Bridge. Does that work?

 

Also, what do you mean by the "pictures folder"? Do you mean that's the view you are using in the Windows File Explorer or something else? Try another view for troubleshooting.

 

~ Jane

JJMack
Community Expert
Community Expert
February 16, 2020

What software versions? I do not see your problem on my Windows 10 machine with Photoshop 2020  2020.0.3. Dropping an image onto Photoshop opened application window.

Or dropping a file on a Photoshop start shortcut icon on my desktop

JJMack
Participant
February 16, 2020

Hi

Thank you for your support

I noticed when looking at your examples you view list was Details my photos were displayed as icons in explorer changed view and hey presto it worked

many thanks

bob

Participant
February 16, 2020

Changed back to icons and tried again this also works now

confused but issue solved for the moment