FIX for can't drag and drop to iTunes anymore

Just fixed this problem for my sister who updated iTunes to 11.5.1 and found drag and drop not working anymore:
Rightclick on the iTunes shortcut (or .exe in your Program Files).
Click Properties. Security and select your username in the list.
Click Edit to change the permissions and Allow full control.
Drag and drop will work again.

I logged in here for the first time in 4 years just to say THANK YOU! This problem happened after my update to iTunes 12.01. So puzzling! Your fix worked.
Much obliged.

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From a Kappy post
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☞ In the Finder, select Go ▹ Utilities from the menu bar, or press the key combination shift-command-U. The application is in the folder that opens.
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