Wasnt sure where to post this or if its already common knowledge or if i shouldnt post this at all, so if its not helpful please delete.

My mouse right click would not work on desktop or in explorer, worked in other programs though, quite annoying.
Anyway I found the fix with a registry hack

Go to Start--> RUN--> type REGEDIT and hit enter. Navigate to:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer

If there is a line there called NoViewContextMenu then that is disabling the right mouse and you need to remove it. Apply and reboot

If you wish to disable the mouse Right click at an empty area on the right column and select New > DWORD Value. Use the name NoViewContextMenu. Double click the name and set the value DATA as 1. Adding the registry tweak above will disable mouse right click for ALL users. If you only want to disable for the current logged in user, you should add the registry tweak to HKEY_CURRENT_USER instead of HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE.



I would be interested to KNOW how NoViewContextMenu got set in the first place on the machine you were using, if this is your own PC, etc. If this was a work or school machine, and that registry setting was applied by the system admin, then it should not be altered without permission. Also, we do not advise casual tinkering with the registry since an error could have serious effects. In fact, hacks that are intended to bypass security settings put in place by system admins are, I think, against forum POLICY. However a properly secured machine would not allow an ordinary user to use Regedit.

Since a number of Trojans are known to set that registry value, in the event that it suddenly altered or became set when it was not before, I would be inclined to thoroughly check my system for malware.



ST - Yes this is my PC
I have been RUNNING with no right click for months, recently my PC was grinding to a halt, I scanned for viruses, used malwarebites, removed applications from start up etc

I then found this site and got some help from guitar_man and we downloaded some software and new drivers and set about cleaning up some more. Well this sorted it out.
However inspired by this i searched online for a fix to the mouse problem and found this http://forums.techarena.in/networking-security/1166022.htm anyway the third post on there had the answer. I know I have seen this information before somewhere so it is possible I caused the problem myself in the first place.

I also understand one shouldnt really tinker with the registry but I dont think I have any spyware left in my system.

Anyway, it worked for me but as I said, if my post is innappropriate please delete it,I guess the right-click disabling registry entry could have been left over from a malware infection, in which case your post gives useful advice, I think.