Can't move anything to different folders

[dparsons85]

When I try to move an item into a different bin I get a popup essentially telling me I can't do that (see image below - red circle with slash). This appears to happen after I select a bunch of elements in a timeline and PreComp them but I can't be sure. This absolutely destroys any ability to work. I can't get around it and even worse it seems to infect old saves as well. Any and all help is appreciated!

[dparsons85]

Just solved it... hopefully.

I went to Edit > Preferences > Media & Disk Cache > and chose Empty Disk Cache and Clean Database & Cache

I then restarted my comp. Hopefully that works if you have the same issue.

[Jose Panadero]

Are you using the Selection Tool? Sometimes, if you have the Hand Tool selected you cannot do regular tasks

[dparsons85]

No that's not it. Also, I seem to have spoken too soon. The problem is back and I didn't PreComp anything. I solved it again temporarily by clearing my caches and restarting but I didn't find the underlying issue.

[Kevin-Monahan]

Hi DParsons,

Is this issue still affecting you? Please let us know.

Thanks,
Kevin

[dparsons85]

I finished the project and haven't experience it in any new ones yet so no new cases to report.

[Kevin-Monahan]

Thanks for reporting back, dparsons85.

Kevin

[dparsons85]

It's been happening again for the past month. Can't figure it out. Just now I imported one AE project into another and after that I couldn't move any files. Any suggestions Kevin? I'm using AE 14.2.1.34 on Windows 10

[dparsons85 · Accepted solution]

The problem seems to be with my dual monitor setup. If I have the project panel on my second monitor there's a large portion of the bins I can't drag to, BUT if I drag the file to the right most part of the bin window it works.

[Alex.Dawson]

I have the same problem - including moving layer orders in the comp window too - it was fine but it seems like a bug in AE 2020 - if i drag to my default monitor it works again for dragging in project panel and reordering layers - it is because the project I am working on is a bit heavy with illustrator files - but its definitely a bug in AE 2020 I've never encountered on previous versions

[timr83839457]

Seems to bee a dual monitor issue indeed. I fixed it by swapping the 'home' monitor in the finder preferences (Mac).

1. In the finder go to System Preferences > Displays

2. Drag the white bar at the top indicating the home screen accross to the other screen.