Windows 10: Suddenly started having issues (left) clicking

While using my laptop normally today, I found that all of a sudden I was having issues when clicking with my mouse. In particular I noticed it when trying to click to switch tabs in Chrome, or to click icons on my taskbar. Some clicking worked- for example, I could exit out of tabs or windows, and at first right clicking became a problem. I restart my computer, and it seemed fine for a bit, but after a couple minutes it started happening again. I tried to follow the advice found on this page: Solved: Left Click Not Working in Windows 10 - Bob McKay's Blog - however, while running that process, it only seemed to be worse, and I could click absolutely nothing.

So I rebooted again. Again, at first everything was okay- except for left clicks behaving like right clicks for a bit- but then it started happening again. This time, though, it seemed that my clicks would fail to work for awhile, and then they would start working again. However, what I think I've discovered is that I can make left clicks work if I right click first. It seems to be pretty consistent so far. I could deal with it if it stays like that, but it is annoying, and if there's a fix, I'd rather try to fix it.

I should make a couple of notes:

- This isn't an issue with the mouse, because it's happening from both my mouse and the touchpad on my laptop. All the same, I did check for driver updates on both. No dice.
- I did run some Anti-Virus, in case it was a related issue. Windows Defender is still running a full scan, but MalwareBytes didn't turn anything up on a Threat Scan
- I am still occasionally getting left clicks acting like right clicks.

:)

 

Mouse options changed after upgrading to Windows 10.

The issue is not original windows 10, it came up after the latest update.

The machine I have was win8 from the start and had no issues, now suddenly the mouse is left clicking, even after a re-start.

ridiculous!

 

Start button suddenly became unresponsive to a left click

Hi Clem,

Thank you for posting the query on Microsoft Community. I am glad to assist you on this.

I appreciate if you could answer few questions to narrow down the issue and to provide you better assistance.

• Are you using a Desktop Computer or Laptop?
• Have you made any changes to the system prior to this issue?

The issue could also arise due to outdated drivers that might not be compatible with Windows 10. So, I would suggest you to keep checking your Windows updates not only important one but optional too. If any available try to install
them and see if it helps you to fix the issue.

If you are using a desktop Computer, I suggest you to plug a different mouse to your Computer and check if you are able to left click on start button.

If you are using a Laptop, you may need to update the touchpad drivers in order to solve this type of issues.

Follow these steps:

a) Press Windows +X keys on the keyboard.

b) Select Device Manager.

c) Find and double-click Mice and other pointing devices.

d) Right-click the synaptic touchpad driver, and click
Update driver software.

e) Follow the onscreen instructions to update the display drivers.

Also, I suggest you to run System File Checker, which will check your system for missing, corrupt or damaged files and attempt to fix them.

Please refer the article on “How to run System File Checker” and check if that helps.

https://support.microsoft.com/kb/929833/en-gb

Kindly let us know if you need any further assistance with Windows. We are glad to assist you.

Thank you.

 

Go to Mouse Properties (Control Panel, Mouse) and as an experiment try swapping from left to right handed.

Also check your double click speed.

Disconnect your external mouse, and retry with your touchpad.

Compare behaviour in Safe Mode.

Research this on the forum. There are many threads - just search for
left click
for example:
Left Click & double tap not working in windows 10!
Left mouse click - nothing happens (3 of 7) W10

 

The issue apparently resolved on its own. But thank you for your response all the same, and I'll remember your advice if the issue reoccurs

 

You're one of the few lucky ones..*Wink