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Nathan Sharpe16/06/2017 21:16:10
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Can anyone help please? I'm a pump engineer NOT a computer geek so please do not doing a comparison between operating systems. I run my pc and her laptop on Win 10. My pc will no longer allow right click actions to take place , her laptop will. I have tried button priority with no positive result , I can see restore points but cannot reach them because they require RIGHT click. I am unable to use right for any action in any saved document or photo. I cannot even read the file exif data (photos). Can any of you help? Please. Nathan.

peak416/06/2017 21:24:53
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Have you tried positioning the cursor over what you want to Right Click, and instead of doing so, hit Shift F10.

Seems to work in most programs, though not all.

Grizzly bear16/06/2017 21:25:32
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Hi Nathan, Try Google; https://www.xtremerain.com/fix-right-click-problem-windows/ etc

Good luck, Bear..

john swift 116/06/2017 21:28:00
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try using another mouse

I have replaced faulty switches on my PC's mouse a few times

John

Nathan Sharpe16/06/2017 21:29:14
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If I right click I get a slow computer which eventually goes to black screen and them redraws to desktop. I have had no major problems with Win 10 apart from printer networking from her laptop. Nathan.

SillyOldDuffer16/06/2017 21:46:44
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If it's not a faulty mouse, might be:

  • Another USB device (like a printer or external hard drive) that's gone rogue. Unplug them, reboot and try again
  • A defective shell extension. This is when a program adds itself to the right-click menu and screws up. There's a downloadable utility called shellexview that can undo right click addons. Have a read of this link.
  • Unlikely but worth updating the mouse device driver.

Dave

Vic16/06/2017 22:29:39
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Have a look here:

**LINK**

Enough!16/06/2017 22:31:35
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Posted by Nathan Sharpe on 16/06/2017 21:16:10:

I can see restore points but cannot reach them because they require RIGHT click.



Unless they've changed it significantly for Win-10, you should be able to reach restore points and restore them using all left clicks (and assuming you can get to a proper desktop) by doing:

Start > settings >control-panel > system > system-protection > system-restore ... then following the wizard

 

Edit: While you are in control panel, you might want to take a look at the mouse settings. It is possible to disable any button there - or otherwise re-assign it. Probably unlikely but we don't know the history .... It could also, potentially, be changed by malware.

Edited By Bandersnatch on 16/06/2017 22:39:25

Neil Wyatt17/06/2017 13:18:59
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Try logging on and when you get the screen asking for your password, look at bottom left and you will see the option 'safe'.

Click this and it will launch Windows with the minimum of drivers and bypassing various clever bits (Microsoft and third party) that normally launch automatically.

If right click now works you can restore or re-enable drivers/programs/apps until you find the cause/conflict.

If right click still doesn't work, it's probably your mouse, but the symptoms sound more like a driver issue.

Neil

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