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How do I drag a file into the folder I am CURRENTLY viewing?

Anonymous
2024-10-30T11:55:12+00:00

How can I drag a file into the main file - in windows 10 and all versions before, I was able to drag it to the top of the window and it would safely drop in the folder I am viewing - but now you have changed all of that and I am forced to drag it inside the window, and now it wants to put it inside the many sub folders that I have in there - was this messed up in the latest update because I could still get it inside there before I updated just last week?

Now I am fighting it to get them inside the folder without them going into one of the subfolders

Please see attachment and this should make perfect sense. There must be an easy way to do this that I am overlooking.

Windows for home | Windows 11 | Files, folders, and storage

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  1. Anonymous
    2024-11-13T14:29:48+00:00

    If I am understanding you correctly, I am not getting those results dragging it into the address bar area at the top of the window.

    It would be awesome if they did bring that back...

    It was definitely brought back. IIRC, it was brought back via KB5037853, released on May 29, 2024.

    If you can't drag and drop to the address bar, and Windows Update is telling you that you are up to date, I suggest doing a repair via Windows Update. That will keep your apps and data. Here are the instructions:

    https://www.elevenforum.com/t/repair-install-windows-11-with-an-in-place-upgrade.418/

    You can use Option 1 of that tutorial if you're on 24H2. Otherwise, use Option 2.

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  1. Anonymous
    2024-11-13T15:40:40+00:00

    I am surprised a tech did not bring this up since it was in my first sentence in the original post above.

    I am about to proceed with LesFerch recommendation.

    I hope this works and does not burn half my day and still not work

    Thank you LesFerch, I will let you know

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  2. Anonymous
    2024-11-13T14:10:49+00:00

    @Rodrigo.Queiroz - yes I am now doing that, and It can be difficult sometimes with 3-4 windows open and a lot of subfolders inside, and I have more than once dropped it into the wrong folder, which has brought me here to ask if there is another way.

    @LesFerch - If I am understanding you correctly, I am not getting those results dragging it into the address bar area at the top of the window.

    It would be awesome if they did bring that back but I am understanding that not a lot of people moved files this way. If memory serves me correctly, windows did away with that feature for some kind of future programming needs that are not yet integrated.

    One question that you pointed out - and I want to direct this to a tech- Is it still possible that I may be missing updates if I am forced to update without a choice?

    I would assume windows would be keeping track of all of my updates. Is there a way to check this - aside from the "check for updates" to be sure I am 100% up to date and not missing any update files?

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  3. Anonymous
    2024-11-02T18:25:17+00:00

    If you drag a file to that "MPC" item in the address bar (aka "breadcrumb") the file file should be moved to the current folder as expected. If that functionality is not there, then you must be missing some updates. That feature was initially missing from the new Windows 11 Explorer for almost a year, but was brought back a while ago now.

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  4. Anonymous
    2024-10-30T12:51:01+00:00

    Hi,

    I'm Rodrigo and I'll help you.

    To move the file to the folder you are viewing, you have to drop the file in a blank area of the folder or the small gap between the subfolders

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