About half the time you can:
Highlight and copy 3;
Drag and drop 52 to position 3; and
Paste 3 to position 52.
The other half of the time you mysteriously loose 3 … when you try to paste it in position 52, nothing is pasted.
Therefore, I usually use your system.
Alternatively, you can create a new/empty list, sort program lists alphabetically (top center of the page) so programs are easy to find, and drag/drop programs in the desired order into the new/empty list on the far left. This is great when many changes are desired.
Hope that helps.
