Terminal is crashing if we drag a tab and try to reorder #6338

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opened 2026-01-31 00:36:09 +00:00 by claunia · 5 comments
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Originally created by @upadhyayap on GitHub (Feb 7, 2020).

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Windows build number: [run `[Environment]::OSVersion` for powershell, or `ver` for cmd]
 Win32NT             10.0.18363.0 Microsoft Windows NT 10.0.18363.0
Windows Terminal version (if applicable): preview

Any other software?

Steps to reproduce

  • Open Windows terminal with more than one tabs
  • try reorder tabs by drag and drop

Expected behavior

The tab which is getting dragged and dropped should be shifted to dropped position

Actual behavior

Terminal is crashing.

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@zadjii-msft commented on GitHub (Feb 7, 2020):

@upadhyayap Are you running elevated / as Administrator? If so this'll be #3581

@zadjii-msft commented on GitHub (Feb 7, 2020): @upadhyayap Are you running elevated / as Administrator? If so this'll be #3581
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@ghost commented on GitHub (Feb 11, 2020):

This issue has been automatically marked as stale because it has been marked as requiring author feedback but has not had any activity for 4 days. It will be closed if no further activity occurs within 3 days of this comment.

@ghost commented on GitHub (Feb 11, 2020): This issue has been automatically marked as stale because it has been marked as requiring author feedback but has not had any activity for **4 days**. It will be closed if no further activity occurs **within 3 days of this comment**.
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@upadhyayap commented on GitHub (Feb 13, 2020):

yes i am running as elevated. I see this is being tracked #3581

@upadhyayap commented on GitHub (Feb 13, 2020): yes i am running as elevated. I see this is being tracked #3581
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@vchirikov commented on GitHub (Feb 27, 2020):

@zadjii-msft can we disable drag&drop completely? this is very confusing and annoying.

@vchirikov commented on GitHub (Feb 27, 2020): @zadjii-msft can we disable drag&drop completely? this is very confusing and annoying.
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@zadjii-msft commented on GitHub (Feb 27, 2020):

As mentioned in #3581, our plan is to:

detect when running as administrator and disable drag & drop activity.

@zadjii-msft commented on GitHub (Feb 27, 2020): As mentioned in #3581, our plan is to: > detect when running as administrator and disable drag & drop activity.
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Reference: starred/terminal#6338