Windows 10 click bug

richmelchr · August 28, 2015

Having a weird issue with Windows 10, I cant click on some stuff.

It most noticeably happens in the start menu where I can open the start menu and hover over icons and folders but clicking does nothing, everything else works fine, I can even tab tab tab until I get the icon I want and open it with "Enter". Upon further testing it seems to happen in other programs (but not all programs, most work fine) where If I click somewhere it registers somewhere else. for these reasons I believe it to be a windows problem and not a mouse drivers issue. Right click is not affected.

Folder navigation worked fine, games work fine but the start menu is Fubar and VLC video player is frustrating to use, buttons functionality seems to be dependent on screen position, if I move the app window to a specific spot it works, but in a different random spot it wont, I cant seem to find a section of the screen that makes it work, seems to be random. For this reason I attempted to unlock the taskbar and try clicking the apps in a different spot but they still did not respond.

I have updated windows and searched online for posts or bugs but nothing. I have restarted and tried different mice.

Any troubleshooting tips would be super helpful because then I could narrow down bug search results. Thanks guys

Edit: Solved, has to do with mouse drivers. un-plugging and re-plugging your mouse usually works, if not try refreshing your drivers or using a different mouse. Cheers!

xDanielxOossiex · August 28, 2015

Reset your resolution. Could fix it.

richmelchr · August 28, 2015

Reset your resolution. Could fix it.

Good idea, didn't work

richmelchr · September 2, 2015

I solved it finally;

This link gave me an idea: http://www.tenforums.com/general-discussion/12042-i-cant-click-anything-start-menu.html

and I just unplugged and plugged in my mouse. if It happens again I will refresh the drivers. Just posting here for documentation on a fix if someone stumbles upon this.