Broken mouse

Suddenly (as of last night) my mouse no longer works properly.
I thought it might be the wireless Logitech Mouse itself at
first. However, I replaced that with the standard iMac mouse,
and still have problems. Right click doesn't work. Hence, I
cannot bring up a contextual menu. Sometimes left click doesn't
even work. When I have my Dock on "automatically hide", putting
the cursor to the bottom of the screen will not bring it up. I've
never seen anything like this before. Anyone with an idea?
Thanks,
Darrell

nerowolfe wrote:
macwiz1220 wrote:
nerowolfe wrote:
Does the touchscreen bring up the hidden dock?
What touchscreen? It's an iMac...
Sorry I meant touchpad, presuming it was your MacBook you were discussing.
It was the iMac. Sorry if I wasn't clear. At any rate, the
problem seems to be fixed.

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