I have a MBP from late 2009.  It works fine in all regards except recently, when an icon is grabbed by the built-in track pad, I can't drop the item and have to shut my computer down to resolve the issue.  How do I reinstall the driver for the trackpad?

Ok, I thought the subject line was the extent of what I could type.  My trackpad has been working fine for over two years now.  But recently if I accidently (or intentionally) drag a picutre that is highlighted on any website, the cursur never lets go of the image and all "clicking" capabilities become useless.  It even manages to lock up the rest of the computer, such that trying to restart manually doesn't work.  I litterally have to hold the power button till the MBP turns off and reboot.  I have looked for a way to unistall and reinstall the driving, but I'm either redirected to a non-Apple website or else I'm directed to the new "Retina" MBP section of the Apple store.  I don't have any other mouse that is connected to this computer, so there shouldn't be any weird interference between mutiple mice. 
Is there an official applie support section where I can either download the proper driver to simply resinstall the orignal 2009-2010 MBP trackpad driver, or a way for the "Software Update" under the Apple logo in the top file bar to acknowledge this problem an automatically patch it?  I'd rather not have to go into an Apple store just to get this quirk (which doesn't happen 100% of the time anyways) figured out.  I simply don't want it to occur while I'm in the middle of a larger project and then get stuck being unable to save a document and I have to forcefully restart my entire computer (nuisance aside).
Thank you,
Hamilton

Many Thanks, Kurt.
I knew I'd seen the solution you've provided somewhere - either in MacWorld or MacFormat - but couldn't remember the Gatekeeper bit!
I shall save it somewhere VERY safe now in case this happens again …
You have made an old man very happy and saved me from worrying that senile decay had suddenly set in. (I was 70 last week so you might understand the situation from that.)
Best wishes
OllyanDinah

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