Can t right click on desktop
When you boot your computer or in the middle of something, suddenly, you cant click anything on the desktop screen in Windows 10 or Windows 11 PC or laptop computer. In some cases, you cant right click anything on desktop too. If thats what you are experiencing right now, heres what you can try to fix the issue. Show If you cant click anything on Microsoft Word, Photoshop, Steam, Excel, Facebook or any website on a browser, or other software on your Windows 10/11 desktop or laptop computer, try to restart the software and see if it works. Otherwise, the workarounds below may be able to help you fix the issue. Fix: Cant click anything on desktop Windows 10/11Kill and restart explorer.exeOne of the most common causes of the cant click anything on desktop Windows 10/11 issue is that your Windows Explorer has crashed and is frozen. That will render all actions including left click and right click from your mouse input unresponsive. Restarting the explorer.exe process would usually solve the problem. Heres how to do it.
After restarting your explorer.exe, retry left and right clicking with your mouse. If you still cant click anything on your desktop in Windows 10/11, try the next solution. Check your keyboardCheck your keyboard to see if there is any broken keys or long hold keys that you are not aware of. If any key especially the Spacebar, Shift, ALT and CTRL keys, is pressed and held without you knowing, it will make mouse clicking unresponsive, thus causing you to cant click anything on desktop in Windows 11/10 PC or laptop computer. You can try to temporary unplug your keyboard from your computer and restart your computer to see if it fixes the issue. If clicking works after removing your keyboard, in most cases there must be one or more keys that were continuously pressed and held without your consent. You may want to replace your keyboard with a new one or fix the problem keys. Check if there is any software restricting you from clickingWhen there is a software that has the privilege to stop or restrict you from clicking anything on desktop, you wont be able to click anything unless the software is closed or removed. Check to see if you have any recently installed macro software, keyboard or mouse software such as Razer Synapse, hotkey programs or other software that may have the capability to interrupt how mouse clicking works in Windows 11 or 10. Try to close the software or remove it and see if it solves the issue. Check your mouseAll solutions in this post is assuming if your mouse is working as intended. If the problem is with your mouse in the first place, you should not have wasted your time trying all the fixes around. Try to use a spare mouse or borrow one from another computer to see if it works on your computer. Roll back to a previous dateIf all else fails to fix your issue and if this happens is less than 10 days old, you can try to roll back your Windows 10 or Windows 11 to a previous date. For detailed guide on how to do a system restore, read How to System Restore Windows 11/10 to a Previous Date. If the Windows desktop screen or any screen totally freezes and not even keyboard input is responsive, it could indicate a hardware issue such as video card failure or a driver issue. When your screen freezes at wherever it is, nothing moves and no input can be detected, it can be a symptom signalling that your graphic card is starting to fail, causing you to cant click anything on desktop in Windows 10/11. Description for sharing: Try this fix if you can't click anything on desktop in Windows 10/11 PC or laptop. Also works for can't right-click anything on desktop. |