Apple menu not functioning.

hi, my drop down Apple menu is not opening (when shutting down i must use the manual button and not the menu). all other menus open and function perfectly. the only other strange item that i have going is the "new mail" icon is not showing up in the oval when sending email......
two strange things that i have not been able to resolve. thanks so much in advance for any help that anyone has to offer.
mike

Welcome to the Apple Discussions!
I would recommend you use the Accounts System Preferences to create a brand new user. Then log out (you can use shift-Apple-q to log out without the Apple menu) and log in as the new user. Does the Apple menu work for the new user? If so, then your user has a preference file or setting that's causing the problem. If not, then you have a system-wide or hardware issue. Let us know what you find out from this troubleshooting step and we'll try to help from there.
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<div id="container">
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