Menu click behaviour changed

Sometime over the last couple of months I noticed that on occassion when I click an item on the menu a drop down box appears and immediately disappears. I need to click the menu item a second time in order to keep the drop down on the screen so that I can select an item on the menu drop down. I don't know when this problem started, at first I ignored it. Now its getting annoying. I've tried all the usual stuff like reinstalling the latest combo updates, fixed permissions etc and nothing has helped. I thought it might be the Magic mouse driver, so I switch to an old Mighty Mouse and still there was no improvement. Nothing else seems to be affected. I know you might think I'm being fussy. Imagine when you are trying to do something in a hurry and you need to click on menu more than once to do something, it gets very annoying. Anyway, this is not intended behaviour for a mouse action. Any suggestions?
Stephen

I am trying to avoid reinstalling Snow Leopard and all my other applications and their updates. You can imagine it will take quite sometime, not to mention all the documents and other data that I'll need to recover.
Actually, with Snow Leopard, Apple introduced an new default approach to installations from the DVD. Using the DVD, the installer ONLY replaces the system software, leaving your user data and applications untouched. Only takes 35-45 minutes to reinstall the OS and all your data and apps are preserved.
When necessary, now there is no excuse for reinstalling the OS to see if it resolves an issue.
You say you tried it with another mouse. What kind? USB? Bluetooth? I'm more inclined to believe the issue is with the mouse or with user behavior than I am with the OS. If you have been seeing this behavior with wireless mice, try using a corded mouse to see if the behavior changes.
As stated earlier, the only reason this could be occurring is that the OS is detecting 2 clicks instead of one when you select a menu. You are only clicking once - right?

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