Can't drag and drop in Ubuntu 22.04

Question

It seems like Desktop Icons NG (DING) is not instelled on my desktop. I can't drag and drop items from or in the desktop. When I try to install it manually it says something like:

this is an extension enabled by your current mode. Can't be installed.

But it is not installed...

Even in the setting it is not showing up.

Answer 1

A similar thing happened when i upgraded to 22.04 from 20.04. I found a solution here on askubuntu. You have to install gnome-shell-extension-desktop-icons-ng and gnome-shell-extension-prefs.

sudo apt install gnome-shell-extension-desktop-icons-ng

and

sudo  apt install gnome-shell-extension-prefs

I had to restart my system for changes to take effect. Hope it helps.