How to fix Contextual Menus displayed on the wrong side (left side)

The following tip applies to Windows Vista, 7 and 8!

Right-click.. What’s that?

Took me a while to notice at first because:

1. I rarely right-click in Windows

2. most of my program’s windows are maximized and

3. the right-click menu side is specific to Windows, thus, working as usual in other programs (Firefox, Gimp, etc.).

But from time to time I noticed something strange : my contextual menu was on the LEFT side of my cursor.

Lefty Windows

This frustrated intrigued me and I started to experiment and notice not only was my right-click menu on the left side, but also program window’s menu too!

Something’s wrong!

How to change menus side appearance

First thing I did was to go in the mouse settings and as usual, nothing helpful over there. Then I kept looking and went into a new* settings, the Tablet PC Settings. Guess what? Darn right: there actually is an option to show menus on the left or right side of your hand. Guess which one was selected by default…

Control Panel > Hardware and Sound > Tablet PC Settings

Tablet PC Settings… The culprit.

Enjoy!

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*Never noticed that menu before, thus “new”… lol

Extra reference
-http://www.askvg.com/how-to-change-menu-position-from-left-to-right-in-windows-vista/

List of all Windows keyboard shortcuts

Here are links to Windows keyboard shortcuts. I STRONGLY recommend you start using your keyboard more: reduced wrist strain, increased productivity, you’ll reap the benefits in minutes. After a week or two, it’s for life.

Note that almost all shortcuts works on any Windows versions and are often very similar to other systems (Linux or Mac).

Windows XP Home & Pro

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/301583

Windows Vista

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/keyboard-shortcuts#keyboard-shortcuts=windows-vista

Windows 7

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/keyboard-shortcuts#keyboard-shortcuts=windows-7

Windows 8 & RT

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows-8/keyboard-shortcuts

 

Enjoy!

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