Right click gone with Maverick upgrade

When I upgraded to Maverick I have lost the ability to quit applications with a right click of mouse and  lost all previous uses of the right click. I have set the secondary click on the mouse (apple mouse) but does not seem to do anything. I figured out how to reverse scroll ok. Must be something I've not set correctly. Help !

Check the Mouse System Preferences and see if the right-click is enabled.
What is the "right" clock? If you mean the one in the status menu area on the right side of the menu bar, then try disabling any third-party status menu items. They often corrupt the program that displays the menu items.

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