Why can i no longer drag and drop photos into iphoto or on desktop?

This has only happened this week, before this I was able to drag any photo from any website and add it to either my iphoto or desktop. Now I cant do this, and I cant transfer from iphoto to desktop or vice versa either. Ive tried turning off iphoto altogether then back on again but no difference. Ive tried turning of the Mac and back on again, still the same.
I'm not technically minded so no kyrptic answeres pleas! I just need to know why all of sudden iphoto has changed? Thanks.

Note that you have to go into the Preferences folder in the Users folder to find the file to trash. See my post above.
Quit all your open apps.
Click anywhere on your desktop so Finder is active.
Hold the Option key down and click on the Go menu.
In the drop down select Library.
In the Library folder find the Preferences folder. Scroll through it to find: com.apple.finder.plist
Trash that file, then restart the computer.

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