Photoshop Drag and Drop Broken

For some reason I can't drag and drop files on Photoshop CS4. Is this a known bug? Is there a workaround?

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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
Author: Troubleshooting Mac® OS X
Note: The information provided in the link(s) above is freely available. However, because I own The X Lab™, a commercial Web site to which some of these links point, the Apple Discussions Terms of Use require I include the following disclosure statement with this post:
I may receive some form of compensation, financial or otherwise, from my recommendation or link.

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Jaleel215 wrote:
I don't know what made it stop but at this point it's beginning to bug me to no end. I can no longer simply drag a file into Photoshop. I now have to go to "file --> open" in order to get anything into. Is there anything I can do to restore the ability to drag and drop?
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