Check your keyboardĬheck your keyboard to see if there is any broken keys or long hold keys that you are not aware of. If you still can’t click anything on your desktop in Windows 10/11, try the next solution. This will relaunch your Windows Explorer.Īfter restarting your explorer.exe, retry left and right clicking with your mouse.In the Open field, type explorer.exe and then press TAB key until it reaches OK.Press Down Arrow key to highlight Run new task and then press Enter key to select it.
Since you can’t right-click it, you will have to press the Option key on your keyboard to bring up the options while explorer.exe is highlighted. Then use your Down or Up Arrow key to navigate through the list of processes to select explorer.exe.
