Invisible right click menu

[Guest]

I have a really strange problem. When I right click the desktop, taskbar, or
anything related to explorer, I expect to see a menu with a bunch of options.
However, when I right click, all I see is the shadow for the invisible right
click menu. If I move the mouse in the invisible menu box, the options will
appear, and they stay there. This is still annoying and I would really
appreciate it if someone could help me with this.

Thanks for reading

 

[Ayush]

Replied to [lotsofquestions]s message :

I have a really strange problem. When I right click the desktop, taskbar, or
anything related to explorer, I expect to see a menu with a bunch of options.
However, when I right click, all I see is the shadow for the invisible right
click menu. If I move the mouse in the invisible menu box, the options will
appear, and they stay there. This is still annoying and I would really
appreciate it if someone could help me with this.

Thanks for reading

Try resetting the theme :
Right click Desktop > Properties
Change the theme > Click ok

Good Luck, Ayush.

 

[WTC]

Try disabling third-party context menu items using Method 2 from Ramesh's
article and see if the problem still exists.

Right-click is slow or weird behaviour caused by context menu handlers
http://windowsxp.mvps.org/slowrightclick.htm

Also take a look at another article from Ramesh's web site.

Transparent drop-down Menu and disappearing menu text
http://windowsxp.mvps.org/transmenu.htm

[Courtesy of Ramesh Srinivasan, MVP]