Folders wont open in Finder

I am having trouble, cant' open any folder, HD, etc in Finder window, have deleted Finder preferences, have made a test page to see if it happening there, which it is... The only way I can access is using Control click. have run disk utility and everything I can think of.Any help would be most appreciated..

Thank you for that, yes my mouse had gone to Short delay, and it is all working fine now. can't believe it was so simple but realy happy now that I haven't got to re-install my whole system... Thanks to everyone who helped me as it was all appreciated.. "have a great day"

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