Can't Drag and Drop mp3 files into Audacity-win-3.0.0

Audacity Help Forum Windows
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Using Windows 10 64 bit.

Ever since downloading audacity 3.0.0, I can no longer drag and drop mp3 files into Audacity.
I went back and downloaded earlier version 2.3.3 and the drag and drop functioned perfectly, as before and in all the previous version I have had.

Any thoughts or fixes as to why this is happening?

Thanks!

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Don’t use Audacity 3.0.0
The current version of Audacity is 3.0.3, (available here: https://www.audacityteam.org/download/ ) and this version works fine for me.

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Most current version of Audacity is 3.1.3

I had same “Drag & Drop” problem with Audacity under Windows 10. I googled the question and quickly found the following that instantly solved the problem. Here’s a link to what I found: https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/all/drag-and-drop-not-working-windows-10-on-desktop/91fe9bdd-3de0-4494-802b-af5327c8d0fe

This method worked for me. Give it a try (and it can easily be undone).

Press Windows + R buttons.
Type Regedit in the window that appears.
This will open Windows Registry Editor.
You have to go to: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE > SOFTWARE > Microsoft > Windows > CurrentVersion > Policies > System
Find the key EnableLUA, and change 1 to 0.
Press OK and restart the computer
After the restart, Drag and Drop should work for all programs.

Credit to here: > http://www.mladengradev.com/en/how-to-get-back-drag-and-drop-in-windows-8/#comment-396

Hope you also find this helpful.