Drag'n'drop or file opening not working from "child" windows

[pincopalla69]

Hi, I've unsuccesfully searched the forum before submitting this.

If I

- search for something in Everything
- right click on a file in the search results and
- select "open path"

From the explorer windows that opens, I'm unable to double-click on a file for opening ( = nothing happens) or drag'n'drop them elsewhere (the "forbidden" icon appears).

I'm on Win11 and Everything is not running as administrator (that seemed the most common reason for problems like this).

Any suggestions?
Thanks in advance

[void]

Sounds like Everything is still running as administrator.

Please try the following:

Please make sure Everything is running as a standard user:

• Right click your Everything.exe or a shortcut to Everything
• Click Properties.
• Click the Compatibility tab.
• Uncheck Run this program as an administrator.
• Click OK.

Please make sure Everything is running as a standard user:

• Right click your Everything.exe or a shortcut to Everything
• Click Properties.
• Click the Shortcut tab.
• Click the Advanced button.
• Uncheck Run as administrator.
• Click OK.
• Click OK.

Please make sure Everything is running as a standard user:

• Right click your Everything.exe or a shortcut to Everything
• Click Properties.
• Click the Compatibility tab.
• Click the Change settings for all users button at the bottom.
• Uncheck Run this program as an administrator.
• Click OK.

To confirm Everything is running as a standard user:

• Copy and paste the following into your Everything search box:
  
  /debug
• Press ENTER in your Everything search box.
• If successful, a debug console is shown.
• Scroll to the top of the debug console and look for the following line:
  
  IsAdmin x
• where x=1 means Everything is running as admin.
  
• To close the debug console:
• Copy and paste the following into your Everything search box:
  
  /debug
• Press ENTER in your Everything search box.

Is Everything running as admin? Does the issue persist?

[pincopalla69]

Hi! Tried all of the above, all the admin boxes are unchecked and I get IsAdmin 0 from the debug window

[pincopalla69]

Sorry for a typo in my first post, I'm on Win10, not 11.

Version 1.4.1.1026 Lite (x64)

[NotNull]

From the explorer windows that opens, I'm unable to double-click on a file for opening ( = nothing happens) or drag'n'drop them elsewhere (the "forbidden" icon appears).

Does this happen with *any* file and all file extensions?
Could you please try with a simple text file? (search for

ext:txt

I assume that when you browse in File Explorer to this file and double-click it, it will open?


Could you:
- Start Command Prompt (cmd.exe)
- Type or paste the following command and press ENTER

Code: Select all

whoami /groups | findstr /i "s-1-16-"

- Post the output of this command here.

This will show "how many rights" your Windows account has.
At the moment I don;t think it matters as Explorer will typically use the rights of the currently logged in user; just something to rule out.

[void]

Thanks for checking IsAdmin.

Sounds more like Everything is running as a standard user and Windows Explorer is running elevated.

As a test, can you drag drop from Windows Explorer (launched from Everything) back to Everything?

[pincopalla69]

@notnull

Pretty strange, the problem doesn't occur with TXT files... a double click from a "child" window will open notepad as usual
I tried that command, the output is (italian text)

Etichetta obbligatoria\Livello obbligatorio medio Etichetta S-1-16-8192

@void

I tried a drag'n'drop from Windows Explorer (launched from Everything) back to Everything, but the "forbidden" icon is shown

[void]

Does the issue occur outside Everything, please try the following:

Copy the filename from Everything:
Select a file
Copy the filename (Ctrl + Shift + C)

From the Start menu, search for:

run

Click Run.
Paste the filename and click OK.

Does the same drag/open issue from Windows Explorer issue occur?



Please try the same in Task Manager:
In Task Manager, click Run new task.
Paste the filename and click OK.

Does the same drag/open issue from Windows Explorer issue occur?



Please try the same from Notepad.
From the Start menu, search for:

notepad

Click Notepad.
In Notepad, from the File menu, click Open.
Paste the filename, remove the name part (so just the path is left) and click Open.
Type in:

*.*

and press ENTER
Right click your file and click Open.

Does the same drag/open issue from Windows Explorer issue occur?

[pincopalla69]

I don't know what happened, but the problem is gone. That is, I just booted my PC and performed some file management actions, and from the child windows I'm now able to open and drag.
It's reasonable at this point to believe that there's something that triggers the bug, I'll let you know further ASAP.
Thanks for the assistance

[pincopalla69]

ok looks like I've found the issue, it's not Everything fault

The scenario is:

Total commander running as administrator. From it, I double click an mp3 file and starts Aimp (my favourite player) as admin too I suppose.
I use Everything in order to search for another mp3, I double click on it and nothing happens because Everything is not running as admin.

Is it right?

[therube]

Is it right?

Yes.
You should be able to see the same with Windows Explorer.

Drag an mp3 from Windows Explorer into the Aimp (opened from TC, running as Admin),
& you will see it too will not drop/load/open.


Likewise, you should be able to see (maybe with Task Manager, not sure?) that both TC & Aimp are running at High integrity (as Admin).


A recent tidbit on Running As Administrator:
https://freefilesync.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=12990

[pincopalla69]

Exactly, thank you