CS6 - Can't drag object to new layer via dot

I can't seem to drag a selected object to a different layer via the colored dot in the Layers palette in CS6.
I've been doing that since I can remember. Is there some new CS6 default setting I'm missing?

It is everything to do with compound paths - all other objects, as long as they do not contain a "partial compound path" will copy or move between layers, just fine, using the click and dragging of the small square icon in the layers palette.
I have this issue - and it looks like no resolution is forthcoming from Adobe (the issue is over a year old on this forum). I called their tech support but am told that because we use 3rd party fonts and 3rd party plugins (Esko prepress system) they will not offer support for the product (call me crazy - but every printer on the planet is using 3rd party fonts - crazy as that may sound!!! - Wacky printers).
This is not a 3rd party issue however - it is a change from CS5 to CS6 in how the software handles copying between layers in the layers palette or how compound paths in general are now addressed in CS6. They cannot tell me if a change exists. I sort of just would like to know...
For now, I will need to select the partial compound path - copy the object - deselect the object - move to my target layer - paste in place, to accomplish the same end result.
NEXT VERSION WISH: make it selectable how this behaves - lock partially selected compound paths - or allow partial compound paths to be moved/copied between layers. aarrgghhh.

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