[X4U] Can't Drag Desktop Icons

[Nick Scalise]

On Mar 14, 2005, at 6:35 AM, David R.Boag wrote:

> one of my macs... an iMac G4 with a screen on a stick.. is doing 
> something unusual.. it is running OSX 10.2.8
>  
> and apparently decided sometime on thursday not to allow me to drag 
> icons on my desktop anymore.. actually I can't drag any icons 
> anywhere.. makes copying files from disks...
> and placing my icons in fun positions.. and dragging stuff to the 
> trash impossible..
>  
> the mouse works....its an apple optical..
>  
> everything else..the doc...etc the superdrive.. you name it...it 
> works..
> just can't move files by dragging and dropping can make 
> aliases....copy and paste...
>  
> can't click and drag...well I can click...and it hilights the icon... 
> just can't move them or do anything with them can click on files where 
> they are and open them... menus work....even volume lever drags up and 
> down...
>  
> so I don't think its the optical mouse..
>  
> did I or someone inadvertantly lock icons or something?
>  
> any ideas.?

I remember having this issue on my machine once.. Try using a cache 
cleaner. Search on macupdate.com or versiontracker.com.

Make sure it works on Jaguar (10.2), most have been updated for Panther 
(10.3).
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Nick Scalise
nickscalise at mac.com