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?

+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.

exactly. it was a hell before but recently started to affect the touch pad as well. it's literally stupid how Microsoft won't even move a finger and fix this thing that has been happening for over 2 years. external mice? fine i guess I'll buy a new one. but the built-in touch pad? you have to be kidding me. ffs

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.

OMG, this problem was driving me insane. I couldn't figure out why my mouse works normally in games but acted strange on the desktop.

It was the middle mouse button going haywire.

I had to unbind my middle mouse button entirely.

Hi, Do you know how to fix the problem? I have windows 11 and I got the same error