IE does not allow r-clicking for me?

[daviddschool]

I am not sure why this has suddenly happened, but R-clicking with the
mouse (5 year old Aopen 2 button w/wheel mouse) does not allow to be
see the R-click menu anymore.
I cannot get it to work with IE, but it works fine in Firefox. I am
not sure what is causing this.
Up to about 1 month ago, it was fine and now it does not allow this
function.
It works fine in the toolbar and the address bar, but as soon as I
move the mouse onto the webpage (any webpage), the R-click function
does not work.

Any ideas how to fix this?

I have upgraded my IE from version 6 to version 7 and this did not
repair the issue

 

[Tim Meddick]

David,
It is probably this registry setting that is causing the
problem :

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Internet
Explorer\Restrictions]
"NoBrowserContextMenu"=dword:00000001

...you can either open regedit.exe (type regedit.exe into the "Run" box
on the 'Start Menu') and manually navigate to the key and delete the
value or change it to 0 [zero].

Or, you can type ('copy and paste') the following command* into the
"Run"\box on the 'Start Menu' or into a 'Command Prompt' (dos-box)
window :

reg DELETE HKCU\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Internet
Explorer\Restrictions /v NoBrowserContextMenu /f

(The above command should be all on one line but may not appear so due
to line-wrap. Please ensure that the command begins with 'reg' and ends
with '/f')

...this should fix the problem of no right-click in IE

However, it may be symptomatic of a wider problem with malicious code
(malware) on your system.

I advise you to download and run MalwareBytes - Anti-Malware (the
full-scan, not the quick) as soon as possible.

You can download MalwareBytes by clicking on the following link :

http://www.malwarebytes.org/mbam/program/mbam-setup.exe

....or you can go to their website and find it for yourself at :

http://www.malwarebytes.org/mbam.php

*NB - Please exercise care when editing the registry, always create a
backup and / or create a 'System Restore' point first.

==

Cheers, Tim Meddick, Peckham, London.

 

[daviddschool]

David,
It is probably this registry setting that is causing the
problem :

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Internet
Explorer\Restrictions]
"NoBrowserContextMenu"=dword:00000001

..you can either open regedit.exe (type regedit.exe into the "Run" box
on the 'Start Menu') and manually navigate to the key and delete the
value or change it to 0 [zero].

Or, you can type ('copy and paste') the following command* into the
"Run"\box on the 'Start Menu' or into a 'Command Prompt' (dos-box)
window :

reg DELETE HKCU\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Internet
Explorer\Restrictions /v NoBrowserContextMenu /f

(The above command should be all on one line but may not appear so due
to line-wrap. Please ensure that the command begins with 'reg' and ends
with '/f')

..this should fix the problem of no right-click in IE

Ok, I tried the code, did not work- not sure why. I am scanning with
Malware this evening but I have scanned with SpyBot and Lavasoft
Adware in Safemode before and found nothing, but I will give Malware a
try.

 

[cargod01]

someone been messing with group policy and turn it off?

 

[Tim Meddick]

It could also be a setting accessed with the Group Policy Editor.

Open the GPOed by going to - 'Start Menu' > 'Administrative Tools' > 'Group Policy
Editor' - or, by typing the following into the "Run" box on the 'Start menu' :

mmc.exe c:\windows\system32\gpedit.msc

....then, in GPOed, (within grouped settings that look like 'folders') go to :

User Configuration\
Administrative Templates\
Windows Components\
Internet Explorer\
Browser Menus\

...within "Browser Menus" you will see a setting called "Disable Context Menu" -
double-click on it to open this setting.

If this setting is set to 'Enabled' this is the cause, just set it to 'disabled' or
"Not Configured".

But, even if it is "Not Configured" try setting this to "Disabled" (disabling this
policy allows the r-click shortcut menu to show in your browser).

Even if it is set to "Not Configured" setting it to 'disabled' might override other
settings and 'force' the browser to show the r-click menu.

==

Cheers, Tim Meddick, Peckham, London.

David,
It is probably this registry setting that is causing the
problem :

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Internet
Explorer\Restrictions]
"NoBrowserContextMenu"=dword:00000001

..you can either open regedit.exe (type regedit.exe into the "Run" box
on the 'Start Menu') and manually navigate to the key and delete the
value or change it to 0 [zero].

Or, you can type ('copy and paste') the following command* into the
"Run"\box on the 'Start Menu' or into a 'Command Prompt' (dos-box)
window :

reg DELETE HKCU\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Internet
Explorer\Restrictions /v NoBrowserContextMenu /f

(The above command should be all on one line but may not appear so due
to line-wrap. Please ensure that the command begins with 'reg' and ends
with '/f')

..this should fix the problem of no right-click in IE

Ok, I tried the code, did not work- not sure why. I am scanning with
Malware this evening but I have scanned with SpyBot and Lavasoft
Adware in Safemode before and found nothing, but I will give Malware a
try.

 

[daviddschool]

Or, you can type ('copy and paste') the following command* into the
That fixed it! Thanks so much, not sure why it happened, but
DISABLING it in the group policy did the trick.

 

[Tim Meddick]

David,
I am sincerely happy that you have resolved your "right-click problem" in
IE!

It must have been truly frustrating.

Please keep a note of the process used to get this functionality back again (copy the
relevant post for example) just in case it happens again to you.

This policy should not have set itself "out of the blue" like that!

( it should worry you (a bit) that it did so)

I would, as a precaution, run MalwareBytes on your system :
http://www.malwarebytes.org/mbam/program/mbam-setup.exe

(full scan - not the quick)

==

Cheers, Tim Meddick, Peckham, London.