The right mouse button has lost its ability

melmoe · 09-08-2005, 05:26 PM

Hi,
A while ago, my pc was infected with malware and someone affiliated with Tech Support Forum really helped me fix it up. Everything has been working fine since then, but ever since I finished getting rid of the malware, my mouse no longer opens a context sensitive menu when I press the right button. When I right click on anything on the desktop, nothing happens, or when I right click on a file while using My Computer, nothing happens. It is truly annoying. Could someone please let me know if this sounds familiar, or if there is some really simple thing that I have overlooked.
Thanks,
Moe

TheDaX · 09-08-2005, 05:54 PM

your mouse is probably broken... I would recommend testing it with another mouse

melmoe · 09-09-2005, 03:31 AM

It's brand new and it works fine on my laptop.

**uripyores** · 09-09-2005, 05:04 AM

As a simple test of the buttons,you could go to the control panel and click mouse, and on the buttons tab check the box for the switch primary and secondary buttons
Then see if it works the other way round.

melmoe · 09-09-2005, 04:18 PM

I am fairly computer literate, and I've been through all of that stuff already. I know that the mouse works fine because I can right click on the MSN Messenger icon in the system tray, for example, and it works fine, but when I right click on the desktop to change my display properties, it won't work. Or if a right click an icon on the desktop it won't work. I've done the control panel thing and switched button assignment and the right button funtions physically, it's just annoying me when I want it to work. Thanks for you ideas.

**koala** · 09-09-2005, 05:18 PM

If you're using WinXP, run regedit and go to
HKEY_CURRENT_USER \ Software \ Microsoft \ Windows \ CurrentVersion \ Policies \ Explorer
and set the NoViewContextMenu value to 0

EDIT: I think the path is correct... if not, do a search in regedit for NoViewContextMenu

09-08-2005, 05:26 PM	#1 (permalink)
melmoe Registered User Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 34 OS: WinXP	The right mouse button has lost its ability Hi, A while ago, my pc was infected with malware and someone affiliated with Tech Support Forum really helped me fix it up. Everything has been working fine since then, but ever since I finished getting rid of the malware, my mouse no longer opens a context sensitive menu when I press the right button. When I right click on anything on the desktop, nothing happens, or when I right click on a file while using My Computer, nothing happens. It is truly annoying. Could someone please let me know if this sounds familiar, or if there is some really simple thing that I have overlooked. Thanks, Moe

09-09-2005, 03:31 AM	#3 (permalink)
melmoe Registered User Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 34 OS: WinXP	The mouse works just fine... It's brand new and it works fine on my laptop.

09-09-2005, 04:18 PM	#5 (permalink)
melmoe Registered User Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 34 OS: WinXP	The mouse works fine (physically) I am fairly computer literate, and I've been through all of that stuff already. I know that the mouse works fine because I can right click on the MSN Messenger icon in the system tray, for example, and it works fine, but when I right click on the desktop to change my display properties, it won't work. Or if a right click an icon on the desktop it won't work. I've done the control panel thing and switched button assignment and the right button funtions physically, it's just annoying me when I want it to work. Thanks for you ideas.

09-09-2005, 05:18 PM	#6 (permalink)
koala Moderator Hardware Team Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: UK Posts: 12,373 OS: XP/7/Ubuntu My System	If you're using WinXP, run regedit and go to HKEY_CURRENT_USER \ Software \ Microsoft \ Windows \ CurrentVersion \ Policies \ Explorer and set the NoViewContextMenu value to 0 EDIT: I think the path is correct... if not, do a search in regedit for NoViewContextMenu __________________ New members: Subscribe to your thread (Thread Tools) to receive an instant email notification when you get a reply. TSF Folding@Home Team 85015 - details here Last edited by koala; 09-09-2005 at 05:43 PM.

09-08-2005, 05:54 PM	#2 (permalink)
TheDaX Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 34 OS: WinXP	your mouse is probably broken... I would recommend testing it with another mouse

09-09-2005, 05:04 AM	#4 (permalink)
uripyores Mush Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Durham UK Posts: 724 OS: XP Home/Pro [SP3]	As a simple test of the buttons,you could go to the control panel and click mouse, and on the buttons tab check the box for the switch primary and secondary buttons Then see if it works the other way round.