Unable to drag effects into premier timeline

[brian adriang31340675]

To keep this very simple: Premier is constantly refusing to allow me to drag any form of effects into my timeline, new projects and new sequences. I have reinstalled premier to the newest version, i have done the adobe cc cleaner, i have checked that no video or audio file is "locked." I have even swapped out my old mouse "because people say it can be linked to that for some reason" i have also refreshed the cache, by holding in shift + alt, and yet. the problem persists, i can not drag any form of effects into my timeline, both video and audio, but i can still add in "clips" and such, but its only the effects tab. that is refusing to work, now this is ofc great considering two days ago the editing software was working just fine, but yesterday it started to act up. my school deadline is just 28 hours away, and im afraid i wont be able to finish up my film in time due to this incredibly annoying issue. 

[Peru Bob]

Can you post a screenshot of your timeline?

[Jeff Bugbee]

According to your screenshot, you are attempting to add an Effect to an empty part of your timeline. You have to apply an Effect to a clip.

[Jeff Bugbee]

Actually, it looks like you are trying to drag the Distort folder to the timeline. You have to open the Distort folder and choose an Effect from within.

[brian adriang31340675]

Im aware im dragging it into an empty track, it was just to show the icon the mouse gives when i try to drag and drop it.
and no, even when i oppened the folder and clicked on the effect i wanted, it still gives of the same mouse icon, even when i drop it directly on a clip 

[cvid01]

Besides what is stated above, you have to highlight the video clip to which you want to add the video effect. You only have the audio clip highlighted.