Enable or Disable Drag Tray in Windows 11

Drag Tray is a new feature in Windows 11 to streamline file sharing. By dragging a file to the top of the screen, you can access various sharing options. It is still being rolled out to all. This post will guide you on how to enable or disable the Drag Tray feature.

Enable or Disable Drag Tray in Windows 11

Drag Tray is a top-edge flyout designed to simplify and speed up file sharing by offering app-specific options for individual files, while excluding folders, collections, or containers like ZIPs, and also linking to the Windows Share interface.

Enable Drag Tray

The Drag Tray is available on the Beta Channel right now, and one can access it with the release of Windows 11 Build 22635.4806 (KB5050105).

You can also access Drag Tray on Windows 11 (stable version) using the Vivetool.

Follow the steps mentioned below to enable Drag Tray using Vivetool.

First of all, go to github.com.
Click on the ViVeTool-v0.3.4-IntelAmd.zip hyperlink, and it will start downloading.
Once downloaded, extract the ZIP file. When you are extracting, make sure to copy the path to the folder.
Now, open Command Prompt as an administrator

cd c:\folder\path\ViveTool-v0.x.x ---> Replace this with actual copied path.

To enable the Drag Tray feature in the Folder options, you need to press Enter.

vivetool /enable /id:45624564,53397005,48433719

Now, reboot the computer.

To share a file, open File Explorer and navigate to its location. Then, drag the file to the top edge of the screen to reveal the Drag Tray, where you can either drop it directly on an application or onto the More options area to open the full Share interface.

Disable Drag Tray

If you are on a Windows Beta version or your Windows 11 iteration has Drag Tray feature enabled, you can not disable it from Settings. Instead, we need to make some changes to the registry. To do so, open the Registry Editor by searching it out of the Start Menu and create a backup of your registry.

Now, go to the following location.

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\FeatureManagement\Overrides

Right-click the Overrides key, then click on New > Key, and name it 14. Within this new key, create another key named 3895955085. Inside this key, create two new DWORD (32-bit) Values: first, name one EnabledState and double-click it to set its value to 1, then create a second named EnabledStateOptions and ensure its value is set to 0. Click OK for each, and finally, restart your computer to apply the changes.

You can even use commands to disable Drag Tray. Just run the following commands to do the same.

To disable Drag Tray using Command Prompt

reg add "HKLM\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\FeatureManagement\Overrides\14\3895955085" /v EnabledState /t REG_DWORD /d 1 /f & reg add

"HKLM\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\FeatureManagement\Overrides\14\3895955085" /v EnabledStateOptions /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f

To re-enable the Drag Tray using Command Prompt

reg delete "HKLM\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\FeatureManagement\Overrides\14\3895955085" /f

To disable Drag Tray using PowerShell.

New-Item -Path "HKLM:\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\FeatureManagement\Overrides\14\3895955085" -Force; New-ItemProperty -Path

"HKLM:\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\FeatureManagement\Overrides\14\3895955085" -Name "EnabledState" -Value 1 -PropertyType DWord -Force; New-ItemProperty -Path

"HKLM:\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\FeatureManagement\Overrides\14\3895955085" -Name "EnabledStateOptions" -Value 0 -PropertyType DWord -Force

To re-enable the Drag Tray using PowerShell

Remove-Item -Path "HKLM:\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\FeatureManagement\Overrides\14\3895955085" -Recurse -Force

That’s it!

Read: How to share Files and Folders over a Network in Windows 11

How do I turn off drag and drop in Windows 11?

Windows 11 doesn’t have an explicit option to disable drag and drop. Instead, we can rely on making registry changes to disable or enable drag and drop on our system. We recommend you check our guide to know how to disable Drag and Drop in Windows 11.

Read: How to share Files and Folders using File Explorer on Windows 11

Why can’t I drag files in Windows 11?

There are several reasons why you might be unable to drag files in Windows 11, including a temporary glitch in File Explorer, specific touchpad or mouse settings that disable the drag-and-drop function, or your system operating in a tablet mode that alters input behavior. Additionally, the feature might be intentionally disabled through a registry edit or group policy, or a lack of administrative privileges could be preventing the action in certain locations. You need to check our guide to know what to do if the Drag and drop is not working.

Also Read: Share a file or folder in OneDrive.