Right click lost

i recently upgraded my family iMAC from 10.6.8 to maverics 10.9.1 and i have lost my right click on my standard apple mouse that came with the computer. at first i thought i could have something to do with the low battery percentage but i put new battries in it and it didnt work, i have gone through all the setting on system prefrences and i still couldnt fix it, i really need a quick fix thanks

A few discussions reporting if Google Drive is installed, it can cause this problem.
https://discussions.apple.com/message/21953780#21953780

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Similary, if I scan an image and save it as a PDF file in pictures, I'm suddenly not able to open it either!
Why?

Move the com.apple.screencapture.plist file out of /username/Library/Preferences/ to the Desktop, log out and back in, and try again.
BTW, use the default 10 point setting for text. Your choice just wastes screen space.

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I upgraded to v22.0 (Linux) the other day and since then I've lost exetnsion options that were previously listed in the right click context menu. I'm not certain which version I was on before but I believe it was v20 and all were working in conjuction together fine.
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I also have lost the icons for Quicktime in my start menu under Windows XP. The icons actually work when you do click them but the icons are not loaded. Everything functions fine and it's the newest version of Quicktime installed. I also have the newest version of iTunes installed. I ended up manually adding my own icons on the start menu as I've uninstalled and reinstalled Quicktime several times to no avail and even attempted to flush the windows icon cache. No go. This just started happening recently.
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First update back to Firefox 16.0.2, as staying on older versions leaves you extremely vulnerable to security holes.
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Hi,
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The context is below:
Warning: While this procedure might solve the issue or problem, serious problems might occur if you modify the registry incorrectly by using Registry Editor or by using another method. These problems might require that you reinstall the operating system. Microsoft cannot guarantee that these problems can be solved. Modify the registry at your own risk. For more information about modifying the registry, see Microsoft support article 256986.
“Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*\shell]
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*\shell\open with]
@="open with player"
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*\shell\open with\command]
@="\"C:\\Program Files\\Windows Media Player\\wmplayer.exe\" \"%1\""
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*\shell\removeproperties]
"ProgrammaticAccessOnly"="Apartment"
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*\shell\removeproperties\DropTarget]
"CLSID"="{09a28848-0e97-4cef-b950-cea037161155}" ”
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In case you didn't know, clicking the scroll wheel on your mouse will open links in new tabs.
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Good day pdirocco,
While it's not recommended to have Acrobat 6.0 and Reader X installed on the same computer, try the following:
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regsvr32 "C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat 6.0\Acrobat Elements\ContextMenu.dll"
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Kind regards,
David
Acrobat Community Manager
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/System/Library/LoginPlugins/BezelServices.loginPlugin
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Very strange problem (no surprise to you).
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Now it just alerts me that I'll be closing multiple tabs.
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How do I get "save and quit" back?
Thanks

Firefox now always stores the old session, and you can access it by going to the History menu and selecting "Restore Previous Session"
If you want Firefox to display the message to save the session, it can be turned back on by changing some preferences.
# Type '''about:config''' into the location bar and press enter
# Accept the warning message that appears, you will be taken to a list of preferences
# Locate the preference '''browser.tabs.warnOnClose''', if its value is set to '''false''', double-click on it to change its value to '''true'''
# Repeat this for these 3 preferences '''browser.warnOnQuit''', '''browser.warnOnRestart''' and '''browser.showQuitWarning'''
If you always open the last set of tabs, an alternative approach is this:
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# Go to the General panel
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Hi
I am having this right click problem with my magic mouse. The right click function just suddenly stopped working two days ago.
I have checked the Mouse>Preference> Secondary click is enabled to "Right"
However, when I changed the secondary click to "Left", the "right click" function works perfectly fine w/ the left click, but when I change it back to "Right" nothing happens. I even tried unchecking the secondary click function (someone said that will work in another support site) but that doesn't help either.
I have tried removing batteries from my mouse, turning it off, turning bluetooth off, restarting the laptop...
Very confused right now. Please help!!

The post is a month old now, but I did stumble upon it after I suddenly lost my "Magic Mouse" right click functionality. Just as posted my; Mouse>Preference> Secondary click was enabled to "Right", though it would not work...
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