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Computer does not recognize mouse hold
This problem has been plaguing me for a few months, and my numerous searches around the internet have failed to yield any solution. After much investigation and a little help from a friend, we've determined that my computer does not recognize when I am holding the right mouse button down.
When I hold the button, the computer doesn't recognize that it was pressed in the first place. But when I release the button, it registers a single click. I.e. the computer only knows the button has been used after the button has been released. While this is fine for regular right-clicking actions, it comes with the caveat that the computer will never recognize that I'm holding the button down.
Some other details: The left mouse button works fine in all capacities. I've also determined that it is not the mouse itself causing the problem, as I've tried three so far – old ones and new ones – and all give the same result.
The problem is also very specific to the right button commands. If I reverse the 'left' and 'right' buttons in the system, the right button will suddenly work fine as the 'left' button in all functions, but the problem will now appear on the left button.
I've learned that the right button command is always ended with a 'context menu' being triggered. I don't know if that's normal or not, but I ran into a number of forums claiming the cause might be an external (to Microsoft) context menu trigger. But I disabled all non-Microsoft context menus and this didn't solve the problem.
I have more or less exhausted my personal knowledge, research capacity and patience. Does anyone have any idea what could cause this kind of problem?