You cannot use the drag-and-drop operation to copy a hyperlink that has more than 256 characters in Internet Explorer 7 or in Internet Explorer 8

You cannot drag a hyperlink from Windows Internet Explorer and drop the hyperlink into another location. This issue may occur when you try to drop a hyperlink onto the Windows desktop, into the body of an e-mail message in Microsoft Office Outlook, or into the subject line of an e-mail message in Outlook. Additionally, you see a red or black circle with a line through the circle when you try to drop the hyperlink.

This issue occurs when the hyperlink has more than 256 characters.

Security update information

To resolve this problem, install the most current cumulative security update for Internet Explorer. To install the most current update, visit the following Microsoft Web site: For more technical information about the most current cumulative security update for Internet Explorer, visit the following Microsoft Web site: Note This update was first included in security update 969897 (MS09-019). For more information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed in the "Applies to" section.