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by: seajayblue April 29, 2007 6:47 PM PDT

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right-click button doesn't work

by seajayblue - 4/29/07 6:47 PM

Dell Lattitude laptop running xp with add-ons. First the computer didn't boot. After restart numerous times, it did. Mouse didn't work. Ran defrag, system restore- mouse now works except for right click. No new programs were added, virus program clean. Thanks


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Right click

by Amos16 - 4/30/07 10:51 AM

In Reply to: right-click button doesn't work by seajayblue

Have a look at Control Panel>Mouse>Mouse Properties and see what the setting is for right-click. That is, of course, assuming that you have the right driver for your mouse. You can check that by looking what it says and if it tallies with the description on the Control Panel properties box. If it is not the same, get the correct driver from the mouse manufacturer's site. Good Luck - Amos


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no right click

by seajayblue - 4/30/07 8:11 PM

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Thanks Amos. Looking back I realized I hadn't mentioned that this is a laptop with one of those flat things you run your finger around on and clicks are built in buttons, so everything looks right in the mouse check. Hope that is clearer. Thanks again.


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Touch pad run finger around on Dell laptop stop working

by mirit125 - 3/17/09 3:31 AM

In Reply to: Right click by Amos16

Thanks Amos. Looking back I realized I hadn't mentioned that this is a laptop with one of those flat things you run your finger around on and clicks are built in buttons, so everything looks right in the mouse check. Hope that is clearer. Thanks again


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Reinstall the touchpad driver

by linkit - 4/30/07 11:02 PM

In Reply to: right-click button doesn't work by seajayblue

Download the proper touchpad driver for your notebook from http://support.dell.com and reinstall it.


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