Right Clicked Finder Files Don't Stay Selected

When I right click files in finder and release the button the file doesn't remain selected. Anyone know why this is? Pretty annoying.

Hi,
Perhaps I didn't explain correctly. When selecting it does outline the file if you select a second file; in either case, the context menu pops up and then drops back away as soon as I release the right mouse button. This is not the default behaviour far as I can tell. That is, the context menu should remain open until something is selected again or the mouse moved. The problem BTW is intermittent. I will try the other two suggestions and see what happens. One thought is that the mouse is picking up some movement and that is why it drops the context menu. I have tried this with several different mice. I do have my speed set high. I will try it with the speed turned down.

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