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Lost ability to right click on desktop

Discussion in 'Other PC Software' started by No1Vol, 2008/02/08.

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    No1Vol

    No1Vol Inactive Thread Starter

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    Somehow or other I have lost the ability to right ckick in drop down menues
    on the desktop. i.e., right click to put programs in alpa order. Work alright in othe applications, Win Explorer for example.
     
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    broni

    broni Moderator Malware Analyst

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    Check two registry entries:
    - HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\
    Explorer
    - HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\
    Explorer
    and see if NoViewContextMenu key is present there.
    If it is, its value should be set to "0 ".
     

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    Miz

    Miz Inactive Alumni

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    Also check the Start Menu options. Right click the Start button, left click Properties. On the Start Menu tab, click the Customize button. Make sure "Enable dragging and dropping" is checked. If it's not checked, a right click on the Start Menu doesn't work.
     
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    No1Vol

    No1Vol Inactive Thread Starter

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    Thanks broni and Miz for your quick reply. Both reminded me that I had looked at window tweaker from Unblue but decided not to use it. I had kept a copy, I reinstalled it and sure enough I had clicked in two places to "not allow drag and drop" and "don't allow right click on desktop "! Reversed them, restarted and all works fine now. I've uninstalled the program.
    Thanks again for the memory jog.
     
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    broni

    broni Moderator Malware Analyst

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    Thanks for posting back :)
     

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