How To Fix Right Click Menu Keeps Popping Up Windows 10

On Windows, you’ll select an item by simply left clicking on it. If you want to open a file or folder, you should double click on it. However, if you want to change the properties of an item or do something more advanced, you should right click on it to bring up the right click menu, also called the context menu (you can also press Shift + F10 to bring up the right click menu).

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Right Click Menu Keeps Popping Up on Windows 10

Many people reported the same weird issue: the right click menu keeps popping up on Windows 10 randomly. As for Windows 8.1 and Windows 7 users, they also come across the automatic right click problem sometimes. They said that the context menu will show up on their PC even if it is inactive and nothing is touched. How weird it is!

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What Causes Automatic Right Click Problem Windows 10

There are mainly 3 reasons that should be responsible for the problem – right click menu pops up automatically.

1. ClickLock feature is enabled: there’s a mouse feature called ClickLock. Whenever users plan to use it for dragging something on the PC, the context menu will show up randomly. In this case, you should disable it to avoid right click problem.
2. Keyboard or mouse driver is damaged: according to users’ feedback, in the case where the driver of the keyboard or mouse is corrupted or incomplete, some keys will be triggered automatically even if they didn’t press any. In fact, users should run the built-in keyboard troubleshooter to settle down driver inconsistency.
3. Keyboard has physical problems: in some cases, the right click menu keeps popping up because the mouse key is stuck. At that time, the only way to fix is trying to get the stuck key unstuck or buying a new keyboard.

How to Fix When Right Click Menu Pops up Automatically

Solution 1: disable ClickLock.

1. Press Start + I on the keyboard to open Settings panel.
2. Choose Devices from the list.
3. Navigate to the Mouse option from the left pane.
4. Find Related settings section in the right pane.
5. Click Additional mouse options.
6. Find ClickLock under the Buttons tab.
7. Uncheck the box in front of Turn on ClickLock.
8. Click on the OK or Apply button at the bottom to confirm the change.

Solution 2: use the keyboard troubleshooter.

This can be a good way to fix automatic right click problem Windows 10 caused by file corruption or an incomplete driver.

1. Press Start + I to open Settings.
2. Scroll down to select Update & Security.
3. Navigate to the Troubleshoot option from the left pane.
4. Scroll down in the right pane to locate Find and fix other problems section.
5. Choose Keyboard under it.
6. Click on the Run the troubleshooter button appeared after last step.
7. Wait for the diagnostics process to finish.
8. Follow the fix and instructions given by system.

You can also run Troubleshooter to settle down Windows was unable to repair the drive.

Solution 3: check if there is a button pressed or not.

Users should open the on-screen keyboard utility to determine whether any keyboard keys are stuck.

1. Press Start + I buttons to bring up Run dialog box.
2. Type osk into the textbox and hit Enter on the keyboard.
3. Look through all the buttons listed here to find out whether there is a key pressed (whose color will turn into blue).
4. Try to get the stuck key unstuck.

In addition, you can try to update the device drivers to fix the error: right click menu keeps popping up Windows 10.