Drag and Drop Broken

After using my computer a little bit, even with few programs open, drag and drop stops working systemwide. I can't drag anything. Right now I've got Mail, Preview, TextMate, Adium, Quicksilver, DragThing, and Google Notifier running.
Restartng fixes it briefly, but it comes back soon. I've tried deleting various caches and preferences like other threads suggest for earlier versions of OS X, with no effect.

Hi, D.
1. You wrote: "I've tried deleting various caches and preferences like other threads suggest for earlier versions of OS X, with no effect."Without knowing exactly what items you tried removing, I'd suggest — as a general check — running run the Procedure outlined in my "Resolving Disk, Permission, and Cache Corruption" FAQ. Perform the steps therein in the order specified.
2. An errant Startup or Login Item maybe the cause. My "Troubleshooting Startup and Login Items" FAQ can help you pin that down if such an item is causing the problem.
3. If none of the above helps, see if you can narrow it down to a specific application, e.g. if the problem only occurs after you launch a specific — and probably third-party — application.
4. Immediately after the problem occurs, check the ends of these Console logs for clues, such as messages relating to PBS or Pasteboard Server.
Good luck!
Dr. Smoke
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quote:
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Could the files have somehow been set to read-only?
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