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diff --git a/src/jalview/gui/Desktop.java b/src/jalview/gui/Desktop.java
index 04487e0..259e693 100644
--- a/src/jalview/gui/Desktop.java
+++ b/src/jalview/gui/Desktop.java
@@ -515,7 +515,7 @@ public class Desktop extends jalview.jbgui.GDesktop
   {
     final Desktop me = this;
     // Thread off the news reader, in case there are connection problems.
-    addDialogThread(new Runnable()
+    new Thread(new Runnable()
     {
       @Override
       public void run()
@@ -526,13 +526,13 @@ public class Desktop extends jalview.jbgui.GDesktop
         showNews.setVisible(true);
         Cache.log.debug("Completed news thread.");
       }
-    });
+    }).start();
   }
 
   public void getIdentifiersOrgData()
   {
     // Thread off the identifiers fetcher
-    addDialogThread(new Runnable()
+    new Thread(new Runnable()
     {
       @Override
       public void run()
@@ -549,7 +549,8 @@ public class Desktop extends jalview.jbgui.GDesktop
                   + e.getMessage());
         }
       }
-    });
+    }).start();
+    ;
   }
 
   @Override
@@ -3297,6 +3298,21 @@ public class Desktop extends jalview.jbgui.GDesktop
     return groovyConsole;
   }
 
+  /**
+   * handles the payload of a drag and drop event.
+   * 
+   * TODO refactor to desktop utilities class
+   * 
+   * @param files
+   *          - Data source strings extracted from the drop event
+   * @param protocols
+   *          - protocol for each data source extracted from the drop event
+   * @param evt
+   *          - the drop event
+   * @param t
+   *          - the payload from the drop event
+   * @throws Exception
+   */
   public static void transferFromDropTarget(List<String> files,
           List<DataSourceType> protocols, DropTargetDropEvent evt,
           Transferable t) throws Exception
@@ -3456,7 +3472,10 @@ public class Desktop extends jalview.jbgui.GDesktop
       // resolve any .lnk files in the file drop
       for (int f = 0; f < files.size(); f++)
       {
-        if (protocols.get(f).equals(DataSourceType.FILE) && files.get(f).toLowerCase().endsWith(".lnk") || files.get(f).toLowerCase().endsWith(".url")|| files.get(f).toLowerCase().endsWith(".site"))
+        String source = files.get(f).toLowerCase();
+        if (protocols.get(f).equals(DataSourceType.FILE)
+                && (source.endsWith(".lnk") || source.endsWith(".url")
+                        || source.endsWith(".site")))
         {
           try {
             File lf = new File(files.get(f));