Right Click problems with Mac

My girlfriend's iMac has started to act weird. The right click function has been altered. I can't quite figure out what this new function actually is, in adobe products it removes all the toolbars, in Safari it says the "Mac right click doesn't work", any where else it just gives an overlay of yellow. She needs to hold "Command" key for the right click to work properly.
We've tried different mice, reset her mouse and keyboard settings and tried to set a particular behavior for the right click. Nothing has worked.
Has anyone come across this or anything similar?
Thanks in advanced

Hey roam, thanks for the reply, unfortunately I've tried that and still no beans. I've tried multiple "windows" mice, so I do get that using command is one way, but what I don't get is why the right click has been hijacked by this other command.
Just to reiterate, I have tried to restore every setting I can for keyboard and mouse and have tried to explicitly set the behavior for right-click. All result in the same thing.
Any help would be greatly appreciated

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