Can't drag and drop Multiple pictures

I can no longer drag and drop multiple iPhoto pictures to the Desktop. Drag and drop a single picture works OK but multiple pictures just doesn't work. I was able to do this in the past. I'm using version 9.4.2. Repairing Disk Utilities and restarting has not helped.
Can anyone help? Your help is appreciated.
Rookie

Try this: make a temporary, backup copy of the library if you don't already have one (Control-click on the library and select Duplicate from the contextual menu) and try the following:
1 - launch iPhoto with the Command+Option keys held down and rebuild the library.
2 - Select and run Option #1.
OT

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