Don't work anymore...

[PiliJ]

Hi,
The May 2025 update for Windows 11 23H2 (my case) causes the application to not work.
From this point on, the taskbar icons have a white frame when selected.
Best regards.

[cakepuller]

:(
I'm experiencing this too. It worked before the Windows Update.
Sad. Now I have to perform windows resizing and placement calisthenics to do this drag and drop from one window to another...
The native drag and drop to taskbar still doesn't work for me with win11 23H2.

But I want to thank @HerMajestyDrMona again for having provided this workaround in the first place. Twas good while it lasted. :)

[HerMajestyDrMona]

If you can, please attach the log. Configure the two following configuration variables: https://github.com/HerMajestyDrMona/Windows11DragAndDropToTaskbarFix/blob/main/CONFIGURATION.md#should-the-program-print-the-debug-information

PrintDebugInfo=1
CustomLogFile=StupidWindowsUpdate.txt

Maybe it's some problem that can be fixed with the configuration tweaks, but I can't know without the log.

[PiliJ]

Meanwhile i returned to a snapshot before the update (with Eazy Fix).

Here is what i did now following your post ...

• right click on the icon in taskbar - configure
• i added some items to the file. It looks like this now :
  //Should the program run automatically on system startup? 1 = true, 0 = false.
  AutomaticallyRunThisProgramOnStartup=1
  StartThisProgramAsAdministrator=1
  UseFixForBugAfterSleepMode=1
  ShowTrayIcon=1
  CustomLogFile= DragandDrop.log

Then i reinstalled the update of May, reboot... but it still does not work!
The content of the log is:
"Windows11DragAndDropToTaskbarFix, ver. 2.4.0.0, created by Dr.MonaLisa.
https://github.com/HerMajestyDrMona/Windows11DragAndDropToTaskbarFix
You can disable the console window. Please read the GitHub page to learn how to configure this program.
Debug output is disabled, so the console window will be hidden in 10 seconds.
In order to terminate this program, please kill "Windows11DragAndDropToTaskbarFix.exe" in the Task Manager."
Thank you !

[cakepuller]

I got the same output as @PiliJ above after configuring with

PrintDebugInfo=1
CustomLogFile=StupidWindowsUpdate.txt

:)
("StupidWindowsUpdate" 😆 )

[cakepuller]

Anyway, chatgpt taught me a trick on native win11 which I guess works well enough for me. It goes like this:

1. Start dragging the file with your mouse.
2. While still holding the mouse button, press Alt + Tab to bring the target window to the foreground.
3. Drop your file in the target window.

[HerMajestyDrMona]

So the output log is empty for you? Did you try to drag and drop items? Are you sure that .txt file wasn't filled up with messages after few seconds/minutes?

If it's not showing anything, then maybe WH_MOUSE_LL failed and its not monitoring for mouse clicks correctly. Did you try to launch the program as administrator?

Please also try to add:

ShowConsoleWindowOnStartup=1

Maybe there's a bug that requires this variable to also be set for logging to work.

[PiliJ]

Hi Dr. MonaLisa,
Answer to your questions is yes.
Since the start of its use, the program has been launched as an admin.
As i said previously, i returned to a snapshot before the update.
i must reinstall it when i'll find a moment to add ShowConsoleWindowOnStartup=1
I'll give feedback later.

[PiliJ]

Hi,
So I reinstalled the cumulative update for Windows 11 23H2 for systems x64 (KB5058405) and added the mention "Showconsolewindowonstartup = 1" in the configuration...
No change!
I attach snapshots where you can see the result by moving "Lili.png" to the taskbar, as well as the log.
The first snapshot shows the result when you open photofilter, which is immediately maintained in the taskbar and put the image on its icon.
The second snapshot shows a new test immediately after the first. We then see that the image activates another program which is in the taskbar.
Best regards.

DragandDrop.log

[HerMajestyDrMona]

Hmm, the log looks helpful.

Can you try:

UseTheNewIconsCountingMethod=0

And see if it makes any difference? It's probably bad as older method won't work as good, but we will see where problem is.

[PiliJ]

No change.
I'm attaching the configuration and the new log (which again contains nothing).

DragandDrop.log

[HerMajestyDrMona]

It says: Debug output is disabled, so the console window will be hidden in 10 seconds.
So you need to add:

PrintDebugInfo=1

[PiliJ]

With this addition to the configuration, I have a (huge) black screen that remains until you close it.
Some data appears again in the log (in attach), but no reaction at all when the image is dropped on the taskbar.

DragandDrop.log

[HerMajestyDrMona]

Are you sure you added:
PrintDebugInfo=1?

Somehow it looks like quite empty log file.

When it's logging to a file, the screen is indeed supposed to remain black, because text is redirected to a file instead of the screen then.

[PiliJ]

The current configuration ...

[HerMajestyDrMona]

Oh, sorry, I missed "download again" notification on the phone and viewed the old log. You would need to set back:
UseTheNewIconsCountingMethod=1
So that I can see more information. From the latest log it doesn't seem like it detected mouse in the taskbar area? But it's all strange.