Can't drag and drop from library in Flash 5.0a

Actually, I can drag items from my Flash 5.0a library--one, maybe two of them; then subsequent items refuse to stay on the stage and bounce back into the library.
I am not alone in this. Apparently it's always been a problem with Flash 5 on Macs (although not universally), even pre-OS X. Macromedia actually has a tech note on the problem (and imply it's the result of a Mac bug): http://www.macromedia.com/go/tn_14442
In this note they say "the cause of this problem is not known" but recommend trashing the invisible Drag file.
I've tried this; it doesn't improve on the one or two drags I can get each time I reboot my Mac.
Others in newsgroups report that starting Classic mode with the extensions off solved the problem. I tried this too. Once it seemed to work but then the problem returned.
I ran Disk Warrior. I rebuilt the Classic desktop. I reinstalled Flash 5 (from a legit disc, of which I am the registed owner). I updated 5 to 5.0a with MM's official download. I queried MM Flash Forum but have not received any replies.
Anybody got any other ideas? Thanks.
eMac Mac OS X (10.3.7)
eMac Mac OS X (10.3.7)

I was suddenly having the same problem in Acrobat XI Pro for Windows (recently upgraded to CC from Acrobat X).  For the past while I've sometimes had to use the "insert from file" tool to get a page added from another file.  I couldn't figure out why dragging sometimes would no longer work, but was too busy to go looking for a solution until tonight. 
The solution was given by JoshTatum24 above. Switch from a scrolling page display to single page display.  Now I can drag pages between documents again.  THANK YOU Josh!
Oh, and CORREAdmin,  it does not matter whether the hand or arrow selection tool is active, my mouse pointer is always an arrow when positioned in the page thumbnails panel.  Switching selection tools does not make a difference in dragging, but switching between scrolling and single page display definitely DOES make the difference.

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