For some strange reason - I’m not able to drag-drop files from windows explorer to the cursor remote ssh file explorer. It worked fine before - but today I notice it simply won’t let me drag a file from anywhere in windows to anywhere in the CURSOR IDE.
Has a setting been reset or something? I’m so confused and frustrated.
UPDATE:
I figured it out. When CURSOR is running as Administrator, it won’t allow you to click/drag files onto the editor AT ALL. Apparently this needs to be a bug report?
Hey, thanks for the report. This is actually expected Windows behavior due to User Interface Privilege Isolation (UIPI), a security feature that blocks drag-and-drop between processes with different privilege levels.
When Cursor is running as Administrator (elevated), Windows will block drag-and-drop from a normal File Explorer window for security reasons. This affects VS Code and other apps as well.
Solution: run Cursor without Administrator privileges unless you specifically need elevated permissions for certain development tasks. If you need admin access only for specific actions (for example, editing system files), you can:
If you need to run Cursor as Administrator for a specific reason, let me know - there might be an alternative solution.