Single click opens application

all of a sudden when i single click on a file or application it automatically launches that file or application. before i would have to double click. not sure what i did. i have a logitech nano mouse.

I've recently started having the same problem. I've slowed all the settings I can, to no avail. I have the additional problem of pages suddenly going to "minimize" when I touch the title bar. This morning, I noticed the screen flicker followed by a "beep" for no apparent reason. Could it be a hardware problem? My eMac is almost five years old and I've had no problems with it until now.

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  • Acrobat 9 fails to open with single click.

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    Bridge created: the pdf that fails is PDF 9, PDF Producer: PDF Library 9.0, PDF version 1.6, 448 kb, [a single page thumbnail creation by Adobe bridge] opens with acrobat 9.0, application = empty
    windows Access created: pdf that works with single click: size = 13.1 mbytes, PDF producer = distiller 9. [created inside windows office access 2000], pdf version = 1.5, application = acrobat pdf maker 9.0 for access.
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  • I used to single click to open mail & now I have to double click.  I have not changed preferences.  Any suggestions?

    I have always single clicked to open mail.  Now I have to double click.  I have not touched preferences or made changes.  Any suggestions?

    From where are you launching Mail? The only place, unless I've missed or forgotten something, you can launch an application with a single click is from the Dock. Is this what you're doing, or are you attempting to launch Mail from the Applications folder?
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  • Single click to open apps

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  • Hi when i open my application folder, all the application is shown in trash folder. when i click the application it says this app is in trash first move it out. and when i try to open through finder go it says this file doesn't exist. can some1 plz help?

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