My computer cursor won’t click on anything but it moves just fine , this is a windows ten I bought three years ago by the way. Anyone know why?

How it's going to be my mouse that was brand new, never dropped, never damaged, only placed over a top-quality mat. people with brand new machines, straight out of the box already got this issue. and you are referring to a Logitech mouse. i do not own Logitech peripherals. it's more of a Build issue. i remember a couple months ago (it literally went away after this) i smashed this god damn thing against my desk and that fixed it for me. it came back again today...

there are some people out there who has this problem related to Logitech software and their fix is to delete it. but for people like me who uses no gaming software or have another brand of mice, like razer or SteelSeries for example this fix it's useless sadly, still thank you for doing a better troubleshooting than literally Microsoft employees.

I came to this thread in hopes of finding the solution. Instead, I figured out my (mom's) problem, and thought I'd share in case it helps others. So...it's your mouse. I know, I know. "How can it be my mouse if my touchpad/other mouse doesn't work?" Well, I'll tell you my story, and you can decide.

Mum was using her work laptop (Lenovo Thinkpad) with her own mouse, a Logi M720...and she spilled coffee on the mouse. It didn't die immediately, but at a certain point hours later and after she switched to her personal laptop (a "consumer grade" Lenovo), she began to have the problem everyone here describes: Mouse will move the pointer, but you can't click anything. Indeed, even when she switched off the Logi mouse, both her backup corded mouse and the "clickpad" exhibited the same behaviours: Pointer yes, clicky no.

She had already tried restarting, as well as changing the channel of the mouse-computer Bluetooth connection, which didn't help. I initially tried the Ctrl+Alt+Del trick, which didn't work for long at all. At a certain point, though, I did Ctrl+Alt+Del while the Logi was switched off, and voilà! The corded mouse and touchpad started working again. I tried fixing the mouse with penetrating lube (e.g. WD-40), which I thought had fixed it, but it stopped working as I was typing this comment (I'll need something better at displacing water...maybe 99% iso). Even so, the click on the corded mouse and clickpad both work properly.

So, in short:

1. turn off your suspect mouse by the switch (if cordless) or unplug it,
2. (if it's Bluetooth and you don't use a dongle) go into Bluetooth devices and "Remove device", and
3. then do Ctrl+Alt+Del

and see if that sets you right. If your "mouse" is in fact a laptop's clickpad (touchpad), you'll need an external mouse of some kind to test this. This was easier on mum's home computer because it's touchscreen (never thought I'd be happy about it), but I assume you can do the same with Windows key, arrow keys and Ctrl+Alt+Del. Hope this helps.

The problem is that a button is stuck on your mouse or touchpad (clickpad). After a while of it being stuck, the computer acts like you want it stuck on, and keeps it that way even if you unplug the mouse or turn off the clickpad. Opening Task Manager resets this, but only after you've disconnected the malfunctionong hardware.

If you're using an external mouse:

1. turn off your suspect mouse by the switch (cordless) or unplug it (corded),
2. (if connected by Bluetooth) go into Bluetooth devices and "Remove device", and
3. do Ctrl+Alt+Del, and then click "Task Manager" (you don't have to change anything in Task Manager, so just close it)
4. Use a different mouse, or on a laptop, use the clickpad

If you're using a laptop clickpad, you either have to get your existing clickpad's left-click or right-click unstuck, or you have to replace it. If you can't do either, opening task manager may fix it very temporarily if the button is unstuck at that moment, but you'll likely encounter the same problem as soon as you try to click it. I've noticed this problem on laptops where there's almost no gap between the clickpad and the chassis of the laptop. The best solution long-term for people with a stuck clickpad will be to switch to an external mouse, if possible.

Hope this helps.

+1 here. Same issue. I thought it was my mouse at first, but the issue effects the touch pad too. Definitely a windows bug as all other checks are fine.

I can use my external mouse on another device without issues and the driver is the one that is recommended.

Not sure what they have done here. But definitely a fix is needed.

I have recently been having this issue. I thought it was related to a mouse I spilled on, but the non-clicking issue is all of the devices. What I learned, though it is not ideal, is I go to force a reboot, (CTRK+ALT+DEL), the lock/sign out/reboot etc screen pops up and suddenly I can click again. I hit ESC and go back to working. Not a permanent fix, but it is slightly quicker. It also indicates to me it is a OS/App/driver issue, not hardware. I still cannot figure it out.

yeah, i tried your method, after all other suggested methods failed. i clicked dozens of times, till my mouse finally responded..