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i got this brand new computer for graduation and it has windows 7 installed. it doesn't allow me to delete, drag, or drop icons or folders like my former computer with vista had. what should i do? trade it in for a better computer or have them install a new program or is there a settings option for the control of icons and folders? i'm no computer expert so this is beyond me. i googled windows 7 drag and drop problem and found that i'm not the only one.
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No sir, don't give up on it. It sounds like a permissions issue and shouldn't be all that hard to sort out. Win7 should work essentially the way that Vista did, but much more smoothly.
As with pretty much any Windows process, there are a multitude of ways to accomplish the same goal. What you run into along the way helps determine the best course of action.
Here's a good place to start. You said that you can't delete a folder the way things are now.
ASSUMING THAT YOU'RE NOT TRYING TO DELETE A SYSTEM FOLDER, do the following to test my permissions theory:
- Go to Start and enter the following into the search box: %SystemRoot%explorer.exe
Without even hitting Enter, that will bring up explorer.exe at the top of the menu:
- Right click explorer.exe and choose "Run as Administrator" from the menu. Click Yes to the prompt(s) that follow, allowing the action.
- Now try to delete the (non-system) folder that you couldn't delete before. I'm guessing that you will be able to.
Fixing this may be as simple as the following, but it should be noted that increasing the allowed permissions of an account may also increase the security risk for a less aware user.
Also, you may be logging into a Standard user account, where you might have the option of using another account with increased rights.
- Go to Start and enter in "user" to bring up the option of User Accounts on the menu. Click on User Accounts.
- Click Change Your Account TYPE
- See if your account is set as Standard or Administrator. (I'm guessing that it's Standard.) If it's Administrator, then fixing the broader permissions issue is slightly more complex.)
I hope this helps, or at least gets you on the right track.
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