Mighty mouse annoyance - brings up contextual menus when I don't want them

This is a mighty annoyance. For some reason my almighty mouse has decided that every time I click, it's going to present me with a contextual menu which I don't want to see.
How can I stop this from happening?

You disable the right-click option by going to System Preferences, clicking on Mouse, and adjusting the appropriate settings. Then just use Control-click to bring up the contexual menu when you need it.

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I am going to get you to do a soft reset that, I will hope fix some of your issues.
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