Drag and drop issues.  I'm not alone.

So clearly I'm not the only one dealing with this, I've seen other topics with people running into this problem.
All of a sudden last night I was unable to drag and drop stuff around, copy and past, run a new program and I have no Spotlight. I've restarted Finder, the whole Mac, reset the PRAM, and even rand DU and repaired the disk. Nothing. Stil can't do stuff on it, and it's starting to get on my nerves.
Does anyone know of a solution to this? I've read many "temporary fixes" that haven't done anything for me.
Thanks!

Inaki wrote:
So clearly I'm not the only one dealing with this, I've seen other topics with people running into this problem.
All of a sudden last night I was unable to drag and drop stuff around, copy and past, run a new program and I have no Spotlight. I've restarted Finder, the whole Mac, reset the PRAM, and even rand DU and repaired the disk. Nothing. Stil can't do stuff on it, and it's starting to get on my nerves.
When you say, "All of a sudden" what were you doing on the computer? Do you have any 3rd party software installed. Any recent installs?
Does anyone know of a solution to this? I've read many "temporary fixes" that haven't done anything for me.
Create a new user and see if the problem exists with the new user. If not, then you most likely have a corrupted .plist or other file.
If the problem exists with the new user, then it's a deeper issue - more system related.
Your topic is a bit misleading - you have multiple issues - spotlight and the inability to run a new program. Is it possible that this new program is the problem?
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