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The mouse right-click option has stopped working with ArcGIS10. It happened suddenly - the mouse is ok (not broken) as it works with other programs. Do you know what happened and how to fix it?

The right-click option is useful for editing as you can just right-click select from the drop down list, absolute coordinates, direction, delete sketch etc. It is also not working, when I'm in layout view as I can't change grid properties.

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asked Jul 17, 2011 at 17:10
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    Not really an answer, but have you tried restarting your computer? I've had odd problems in the past with ArcGIS which have gone away after restarting windows. Commented Jul 17, 2011 at 20:42
  • Is the right-click broken in all circumstances, or just when editing? Eg, can you right-click on a layer's name in the Table of Contents, or the data frame itself, or a legend object (scalebar, etc)? This will help to decide where the problem lies Commented Jul 17, 2011 at 23:20
  • I wonder if you have an extension installed that subclasses the activeview's window and is catching the WM_ right click message without forwarding it. Commented Jul 17, 2011 at 23:45
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    It can be an extension issue in ArcGIS - PLTS (now called ESRI Production Mapping ) can effect the mouse functions. Commented Jul 18, 2011 at 20:37
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    I had this problem when I was editing with a topology. I had validated the topology and the dialog box that popped up at the end of the validation was hidden in the background and the right click started working again when I closed the dialog box. Commented Nov 22, 2012 at 4:41

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You will need to rename your Normal.mxt file located here and re-boot.

C:\Users\wsmith\AppData\Roaming\ESRI\Desktop10.4\ArcMap\Templates

answered Nov 16, 2017 at 15:09
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  • you do not need to reboot just exit arcmap and re launch it. Commented Nov 16, 2017 at 18:23

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