Drag Windows and Files Without Holding the Mouse Button in Windows 7

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   First we need to go to the Control Panel

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   To go there, we need to press the Start menu button, in the lower left corner of the screen.

   

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   Now, click "Control Panel"

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   Once in the Control Panel, we are looking for "Hardware and Sound"

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   Click it, and we will be brought to a different section.

   

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   In this section, we are looking for "Mouse"

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   Click it, and a new window, with several tabs, will open.

   

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   In this window, we need the "Buttons" tab

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   In this tab, we need to check "Turn on ClickLock"

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   Put a check mark in the box.

   

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   We can now click on "Settings"

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   From here, we can say how long we need to keep the mouse button held for it to lock. In our case, we are going for the shortest period available.

   

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   We will set the slider to the shortest one and then click "OK"

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   Click "OK" in this window as well

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   The settings will take effect.

   

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    We can click and hold the window, and wait for about one second, then let it go

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    Now, we will be able to drag the window. We can do the same with files on the desktop. To let it go, just click again.

    

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    This concludes our tutorial on how to drag Windows and files without holding the mouse button on Windows 7 computers

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