Workaround for "can't click after dragging cursor to edge of display"

I have a workaround for an issue I had been experiencing in Parallels Desktop 20 Pro in Windows 11. Whenever I clicked my mouse inside of the VM, held it down, and touched the cursor to the edge of the screen, I would be unable to click for a few seconds! I found this would occur when using scrollbars, selecting text, or slamming windows to the edge of the screen in order to tile them. This is in fullscreen or windowed mode, not convergence.

Since this issue persisted following a clean install of macOS on my 2025 MacBook Air and a clean install of Windows 11 in Parallels, I figured others might have the same problem. Parallels support provided great service, and tried hard, but they could not resolve this issue. They escalated it to the developers!

However, I needed a solution a little quicker, so I set one million monkeys on one million typewriters, and they came back with this solution:

Disable Parallels Tools's Drag and Drop feature:

1. Right click the Windows logo in Windows.
2. Open Terminal (Admin)
3. Copy and paste the following command into the terminal:
   Code:

   icacls "C:\Program Files\Parallels\Parallels Tools\Plugins\DragAndDrop.dll" /inheritance:r /remove:g Everyone /deny Everyone:`(F`)

4. Press enter. The terminal should say:
   
   Code:

   processed file: C:\Program Files\Parallels\Parallels Tools\Plugins\DragAndDrop.dll
   Successfully processed 1 files; Failed processing 0 files

5. Restart the Windows 11 VM!

This will disable the drag and drop feature, so you won't be able to drag and drop content from between your VM and your Mac while the feature is disabled.

To re-enable Drag and Drop once Parallels fixes the bug:

1. Right click the Windows logo in Windows.
2. Open Terminal (Admin)
3. Copy and paste the following text into the terminal:
   
   Code:

   takeown /F "C:\Program Files\Parallels\Parallels Tools\Plugins\DragAndDrop.dll"
   icacls "C:\Program Files\Parallels\Parallels Tools\Plugins\DragAndDrop.dll" /grant Administrators:F
   icacls "C:\Program Files\Parallels\Parallels Tools\Plugins\DragAndDrop.dll" /reset
   

4. Press enter.
5. Restart the Windows 11 VM!

This resolves the issue with being unable to click within the window, at the expense of not having Drag and Drop. Since I never use Drag and Drop but frequently use my mouse, this solution works well for me! Your mileage may vary.

ML,
Nick

 

HI Nick, please read this thread, the last update of Parallels is the reason of it : Strange performance of windows 11 on the latest version 20.3.0 | Parallels Forums