Left and Right-Clic​k Only Working Half The Time

Ok, I have a Pavilion G6, A6Y36UA#ABA  The last few days, my mouse (trackpad and buttons on the laptop NOT an external one) works fine but I can't left-click on the desktop, start menu (or apparently Paint?). Everytime I try to left-click, the right-click menu pops up (except in Paint. It doesn't do anything in Paint except not work). I tried right clicking thinking it was backwards but that doens't work.
I can left click as normal on the task bar, in Microsoft Word and in my Internet browser but I can't RIGHT click. (I can use the keyboard buton to bring up the right-click menu but it's still a pain) and for some reason, once I open more than one tab in Chrome, I can't go back to the earlier tabs unless I first close the tabs opened after it (also annoying).
I've restarted the computer. Uninstalled the touch pad driver, restarted, reinstalled the device driver, restarted and I'm STILL having problems with it. Please help!

I understand that your right-click and left-click buttons aren't quite working the way they should.
What happens if you boot into a clean boot state?
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/929135
Also, what happens if you boot into safe mode with networking? This can be done by turning the system on and pressing F8 about once a second to get the options for safe mode.
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