My desktop will not respond correctly.


  1. Posts : 77
    Windows 7 pro 64bit
       #1

    My desktop will not respond correctly.


    I am running windows 7 64 bit and when I left click on the desktop icons nothing happens but if I right click and hit open it loads the program. If I left click on the task bar icons the program loads, what do I do to fix this?
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  2. Posts : 6,330
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       #2

    You can try rebuilding the icon cache and see if that helps.
    Icon Cache - Rebuild

    If that doesn't help, i would run a system file check.
    SFC /SCANNOW Command - System File Checker
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  3. Posts : 77
    Windows 7 pro 64bit
    Thread Starter
       #3

    I did both things but nothing, I just noticed when I tried to click in computer to go to another drive by left clicking on the letter it would not work I had to right click and hit open to go to the drive.
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       #4

    Did the problem start recently and do you have a restore point from before the problem started ?
    If you do, you can try doing a system restore.
    System Restore

    Do you run system optimizers, tune-up utilities, registry cleaners, etc. ?
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  5. Posts : 77
    Windows 7 pro 64bit
    Thread Starter
       #5

    re


    It started yesterday I have a backup from a month ago made by the program reflect but I hope not to loose all the things I have done.and I have system mechanic
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       #6

    Tune up programs such as system mechanic can cause more problems than they solve.
    If it doesn't have a detailed log of what it changed, there is no way of knowing what changed.

    The only "tuneup" program I use is CCleaner / file cleanup.
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  7. Posts : 77
    Windows 7 pro 64bit
    Thread Starter
       #7

    ree


    what part of windows controls when you click, besides mouse software.
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       #8

    You can look in Ease of Access Center, but i don't think any setting there would cause this.

    You could try a clean startup to make sure you don't have some program causing it.
    Troubleshoot Application Conflicts by Performing a Clean Startup
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  9. Posts : 77
    Windows 7 pro 64bit
    Thread Starter
       #9

    I just tried both but still have the problem, even in my mail program.
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  10. Posts : 77
    Windows 7 pro 64bit
    Thread Starter
       #10

    you will not believe this!! I entered the problem in google and the first thing that came up I clicked on and it said to check if the mouse double click was set too high and it was! Can you believe it was that simple.
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