Drag and Drop error - icons are stuck to the cursor

For the last few days when I try to use drag and drop, the items stick to the cursor and cannot be dislodged without a force quit or a reboot. That is they drag, but they do not drop. This is really sub-optimal.
Has this happened to anyone else? How do I fix it?

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I researched back further and found another thread where people were complaining of the same drag and drop issue: http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=6446208
Someone suggested a solution involving permissions. I fixed my permissions. Drag and drop is still not working.
There was also a set of commands to type into terminal that would supposedly fix the issue, or perhaps it was a Spotlight issue that the thread had morphed into. I did that. Drag and drop is still not working.
Am I just totally hosed? Help!

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Dear Friends:
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any good example code available??
I search for quite a while, cannot find a very good one.
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[1]. code 1:
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import java.awt.*;
import javax.swing.*;
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               System.out.println(ex);
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import java.util.*;
import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.event.*;
import javax.swing.*;
import javax.swing.event.*;
import javax.swing.border.*;
import java.awt.dnd.*;
import java.awt.datatransfer.*;
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sunny

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