Why can I no longer drag photos into an album in iPhoto 4?

iMac G5, OS 10.4.6, iPhoto 4.0. I can't drag any photos from the library to a new album. I was trying to show my wife how to do it (she is a moderate believer) and it didn't work. I have 5200 photos in the library and have had no trouble previously. Do I have a problem with my iMac or am I just not doing something correctly?

There was no "com.apple.iPhoto.plist" in the Library>Preferences.
However, I restarted the beast and am able to work with iPhoto as in the past. My wife was impressed with the help, not with me. Thank you for your rapid response.
iMac G5, OS 10.4.6, iPhoto 4.0. I can't drag any
photos from the library to a new album. I was trying
to show my wife how to do it (she is a moderate
believer) and it didn't work. I have 5200 photos in
the library and have had no trouble previously. Do I
have a problem with my iMac or am I just not doing
something correctly?

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