Drag and drop broken in Mavericks?

The drag & drop functionality keeps dropping out. The only way to get it back is to reboot.
When it goes out I can't even move icons on my desktop. I can select them and double click to open but no dragging.
It seems that when I attempt to drag a copy of a file it lets me drag but when I let go nothing happens. Then nothing drags.
Anyone else having this problem?
-Cav

I also have this problem when dragging files between file folders in the Dock, and file folders in Finder. Drag and drop will stop working intermittently. When this occurs, files can be dragged from the dock, to the appropriate folder, but cannot be dropped into it. Occasionally the borders of the column in column view are highlighted blue as if it had been selected, but the file does not "drop" into that column or folder.
The problem is not limited to column view. If dragging a file will not work in column view, it will not work in list view either. Dragging files from one finder column or folder to another works fine. For me the issue is confined to dragging files from a folder in the dock (such as the downloads folder) to a folder in the finder.
Restarting the finder corrects the problem for a limited time. It's not a solution since it will happen several times an hour at least.
Would love to see an actual solution to this problem!!

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I just wanted you to know that I'm having the same problem. I just bought a Macbook Pro (maverick os) last week and today the drag and drop function stopped working. VERY frustrating since I use that function no less than 50 times a day. This is my first mac, so I was worried the solution was obvious and I just wasn't seeing it; then I found this thread. Glad to know I'm not crazy!
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