Drag and drop to other desktops doesn't work in Mavericks

I'm currently experiencing an issue with dragging and dropping files within Mavericks. It seems to work only within one desktop: from one window to another. However, when I want to drag something to another screen/desktop the dragged items become stuck on the other screen. I can only move them again when I go back to the original window I dragged them from.
It is not practical to drag and drop anything on the same desktop on my (little) 13" MacBook Pro. By the way, this happened after updating to Mavericks.\
Can anyone help me?
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