Right click on start menu not working

[kolp]

hi, i am using wxp pro sp2, and yesterday all of a sudden right clicking on the start menu stopped working! it is working everywhere except on the start menu, you know the one where i have the option to pin something or sort order in the all programs section, when i right click there just nothing happens. that's really weird, and for now i have to use the classic view, but i don't like it and there must be a solution to this.

i scanned and found no viruses or spyware, what could it be?

[Lee G. Veteran]

This should fix your problem.

http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/taskbarplus!.htm

Download the repair tool.

[Bold_Fortune]

  LCG said:

This should fix your problem.

http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/taskbarplus!.htm

Download the repair tool.

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That Repair Tool looks so neat I almost wish I had this problem so I could use it.

Great tip, LCG.

[kolp]

  LCG said:

This should fix your problem.

http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/taskbarplus!.htm

Download the repair tool.

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nope :no:

[Lee G. Veteran]

Hmmm... If that doesn't work then I'm afraid it could be a virus or some nasty program disabling right click - I'm not sure. That tool repairs the registry DWORD value so that you can right click again - so it can't be a registry problem I don't think. Sorry, I can't really help.

Oh and @Bold_Fortune: Thanks, it's a good tool. Glad you like it as well as I :D

[saiz66]

Not a virus.

Make sure "Enable Dragging and Dropping" is checked.

[Lee G. Veteran]

^ No. It can't be that :/

I just unchecked the box, restarted explorer and I can still right click on the start menu.

[dreamz Veteran]

  LCG said:

^ No. It can't be that :/

I just unchecked the box, restarted explorer and I can still right click on the start menu.

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you have to check it.

[saiz66]

sorry if I am wrong.

[Lee G. Veteran]

  dreamz said:

you have to check it.

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Sorry, I checked it as well. :blush:

Didn't work. :(

@saiz66: That's OK :) The function you mean, is that you can't drag files and shortcuts into the start menu/taskbar. He can't right click on the start menu at all. The only way I know how to disable right click on the start menu is by registry.

But kolp has tried that using the taskbar tool.

[kolp]

  saiz66 said:

Not a virus. 

Make sure "Enable Dragging and Dropping" is checked.

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hehehe, yeah that was it, i must have unchecked it by mistake, how clever of you to think of that.