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Shortcut; Drag and Drop failure

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by walter.smith

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I have a problem with one of my Windows 2000 computers that I haven't been able to fix. After a reboot I can no longer run any shortcuts. Double clicking gives a brief hourglass then nothing. Browsing to a shortcut and running it from the Run command or a command prompt gives an access denied error. I can run the shortcut targets directly. Also, I'm unable to drag and drop items. There appears to be a very brief 'ghost' as I begin to drag the first time but that's it.
I have found several links about lost lnk file associations but my registry seems to be correct and applying a registry fix doesn't help.

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by bfilmfan

Is the system in a domain where a GPO is preventing this?

Otherwise, run an in-place reinstallation.

by walter.smith

how is it in safe mode?
Same problem
anything in the event log?
No
got spyware?
No spyware and no virus according to spybot and AVG

by walter.smith

The problem was caused by a bad keyboard. i don't understand how but I started getting a continues 'ding' at the log on prompt. It would quit after I hit the tab key. I changed out the keyboard and then everything worked.

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