Index: Core/Code/Algorithms/mitkDataNodeFactory.cpp
===================================================================
--- Core/Code/Algorithms/mitkDataNodeFactory.cpp	(revision 23410)
+++ Core/Code/Algorithms/mitkDataNodeFactory.cpp	(working copy)
@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@
         this->SetOutput(i, node);
       }
     }
-    if(!usedNewDTNF && !( m_FileName != "" ) && !(m_Serie == false))
+    if(!usedNewDTNF && ( m_FileName != "" ) && !(m_Serie == false))
         ReadFileSeriesTypeITKImageSeriesReader();
   }
 }
Index: CoreUI/Bundles/org.mitk.gui.qt.common/src/QmitkDnDFrameWidget.cpp
===================================================================
--- CoreUI/Bundles/org.mitk.gui.qt.common/src/QmitkDnDFrameWidget.cpp	(revision 23410)
+++ CoreUI/Bundles/org.mitk.gui.qt.common/src/QmitkDnDFrameWidget.cpp	(working copy)
@@ -67,6 +67,8 @@
     try
     {
       nodeReader->SetFileName(fileName->toLocalFile().toLatin1().data());
+      if(event->dropAction()==Qt::LinkAction)
+        nodeReader->SetImageSerie(true);
       nodeReader->Update();
       for ( unsigned int i = 0 ; i < nodeReader->GetNumberOfOutputs( ); ++i )
       {