Can't drag and drop files into 3ds Max 2009!

[A.Mitov]

I have a laptop running Windows 7 and since the day I bought it I cannot drag & drop files in the material editor and viewport anymore. That applies to both textures and objects. Why is that? On the other hand I have no problems dragging files in Photoshop on the same laptop and in 3ds Max on my 2 workstations which are running XP x64. This is really slowing my workflow a lot. I couldn’t find answer anywhere. It drives me crazy! Unfortunately I cannot install XP, the laptop does not support it.

 

Specs:

Software: 3ds Max 2009 SP1 and the latest hotfix (but tried 9 and 2011 and had the same problem too)

OS: Windows 7 x64

CPU: Intel i3 M330 2.13 Ghz

RAM: 3 GB

Video: ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5650

[bev.lynn]

I had this problem with 2011 and to solve it I logged on as administrator.

Hope this helps.

[A.Mitov]

I am already logged on as administrator but no drag and drop for me. ARghhh! I'm about to throw that junk trough the window.

[theqball]

3ds Max/Design 2011 is the first release supported on Win 7. there's likely to be other issues using an older release on this OS.

[A.Mitov]

If true, that's bad. I am using 2009 and can't work on the newer 2011 just because it can't get along with Win7. There's got to be a way to fix this.