Windows 11 surely provides a great variety of computing features and options to its users. After its launching in the previous year, this latest Windows upgrade is easy to get for anyone. Microsoft rolled out the Windows 11 version in order to improvise the computing experience of the users. The user interface of this Windows upgrade is also totally revamped. If you run Windows 11 on your laptop or desktop, chances are you already have noticed that the Start Menu is now located in the center of the taskbar among a group of icons. Along with this, Cortana has also been removed, and the live tiles are also gone.
Every Windows OS version has always been known for the customization options that they provide to their users. These options allow one to make the changes to the settings on their device as per they preferred. However, along with quite a few features, Microsoft also removed the taskbar’s drag and drop option in Windows 11. If you have been using the drag and drop feature in the prior versions of Windows and want it back in Windows 11 as well, you have come to the right spot. Through the following post, you will get to know all about enabling the taskbar drag and drop feature in Windows 11. So, please go on and read this whole post.
Restoring the taskbar’s drag and drop feature in Windows 11
If you have Windows 11 Build 22557 on your device, then you have the ability to drag and drop files, including images or texts, between app windows. There are multiple ways using which you can quickly restore the taskbar’s drag and drop feature. Here, we will provide you with the most straightforward methods. And before you go on with enabling the taskbar’s drag and drop feature in Windows 11, it would be better to know how it works. While you drag something to the taskbar, the tool waits for quite a few milliseconds to observe if the action is valid or not and simulate the Windows + T hotkey. However, the following shortcut enables you to switch between a program’s window in the taskbar, and the application uses it to open files.
If you want to enable the taskbar’s drag and drop feature in Windows 11, you will have to install a file downloaded from GitHub. Here’s the complete method with simple steps.
The procedure to enable the taskbar drag and drop feature in Windows 11
Here are the instructions that you should follow in order to activate the taskbar drag and drop feature on a Windows 11 computer:
- You can start the task by launching a web browser of your choice on your Windows 11 computer.
- Using the web browser, you will have to get to the GitHub website. And when you get to the GitHub Repo page, you will have to click the “Windows11DragAndDropToTaskbarFix.exe” to download the file.
- When the downloading process gets completed, you will have to save the file on your computer at any location you prefer.
- Next, you will get to the location of the downloaded file and right-click on its icon, after which you will have to select the option of “Run as Administrator.”
- And when a confirmation prompt appears on your screen, you will have to hit the “Yes” button to confirm the changes.
- At last, you will have to go through the instructions that you see appearing on your screen. And that’s it.
- And once you are done following all of the above steps, you will be able to use the
drag and drop feature for the taskbar on your Windows 11 computer.
An alternate method to enable the taskbar drag and drop feature in Windows 11
Here is another method to enable the taskbar’s drag and drop feature in Windows 11. These are the steps to follow:
- To get started with this method, firstly, you will launch the Run command box on your Windows 11 computer. To do so, press the “Windows + R” keys on your keyboard.
- In the Run command box, you will have to type in the following term: “regedit,” and then hit the “Ok” button, or you can press the enter key.
- And when the Registry Editor window appears on your screen, you will have to get to the path mentioned here: “HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Shell \Update\Packages.”
- After this, you will right-click on the blank white space given on the right navigation pane.
- Now, you will choose the New > DWORD (32-bit) Value. And a new value will be created in the Registry Editor.
- Proceed further by right-clicking on the newly created value file and choosing the option of “Rename.”
- You will then have to rename the newly created Value as follows: “UndockingDisabled.”
- Right-click on the renamed value file and then select the option of “Modify.”
- You will now change the Value of the file from 0 to 1. And at last, hit the “Ok” button to save the changes you have made to your computer.
- Now, you need to restart your Windows 11 computer. And after reboot, you will be able to notice that the taskbar is appearing the same as in Windows 10, and then
drag and drop functionality is also restored.
- If at any time, you wish to disable the feature, it’s actually pretty easy. You will have to get to the Registry Editor and then go to the same folder as mentioned above.
- Right-click on the “UndockingDisabled” and delete it, after which you will have to restart your system, and then you will get back the Windows 11 normal system.
Conclusion
So, you have seen two simple methods here to enable the taskbar drag and drop feature on a Windows 11 computer. Try the methods right away if you also own a Windows upgraded device. And please keep visiting our official website to stay connected to us.
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