Can't right-click on icons in the Finder...

...suddenly. When I right-click on a Word doc (or any file), instead of an option menu appearing, the Finder seems to reset itself and open up the main window of my harddrive. I can right-click in other applications - and I tested multiple mice to see if that was an issue (it wasn't). I deleted my finder plist file in Library, and all that - no success.
Please, please, PLEASE don't tell me I need to reinstall my entire system (again).
Help!

You need to re-install your ENTIRE SYSTEM!
(Just kidding
It could be an item in /library/contextual menu items. Drag the contents of that folder to the desktop and test again. If that sorts it put the items back one at a time to find the culprit..
If that's not it, navigate to ~(yourhome)/Library/Logs/CrashReporter/Finder.crash.log open it and paste the contents here for the latest Finder crash and maybe we can figure what's going on.
-mj
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