? cannot drag document from downloads to hard drive

I suddenly cannot drag a file, any file, from my Downloads folder on my Dock to my "hard drive".
I am hoping that the file that a Microsoft tech had me trash isn't the reason... I was having a problem with Excel for Mac and he had me delete a certain file that he said would disable a Lion feature that automatically opens last used docs upon launch of Excel. Thanks for any tips.

Geez, I just realized you may have missed a crucial point I made in my original post:
I cannot drag folders from my Downloads folder **on my Dock***....
which I'm sure I've read in more than one place that I should be able to do.
But then... I went to my Finder's left side menu, to Downloads, found my file there, and then did the copy and paste routine to move it to my Documents folder--it works!
One solution. Thanks to you inspiring me to dig around some more.
BUT, what about my original question? Why doesn't it work? I'm almost positive that it did at one time.

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Hi,
Based on the error message, I recommend to verify the things below:
1. Check the permission of your account on the documents and the library.
2. Check if the library has set the Information Rights Management(IRM).
Please go to the library settings > Information Rights Management under Permissions for Management.
https://support.office.microsoft.com/en-us/article/Apply-Information-Rights-Management-to-a-list-or-library-3bdb5c4e-94fc-4741-b02f-4e7cc3c54aa1?CorrelationId=77e3484e-beb9-4d73-9e06-90bea5206f0d&ui=en-US&rs=en-US&ad=US
3. Does this issue occur with all the libraries and documents in the site? Please add your account as site collection administrator and then check the results.
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