Attention keyboard shortcuts Wizards - impossible to right-click with the on-screen keyboard

original title: hotkeys Attention, please

Hello

I have persistent, repeated with problems trying to right click on the desktop without the aid of a Mouse / touchpad.

He has a key to right click (context menu) on my keyboard between the AltGr and the right CTRL key.

This always works for everything except a right-click on the desktop, when it only works about half the time.

Often, if I try to right click on the desktop with this key (mouselessly), me seems to end up right click on an icon on the desktop instead.

I usually then try to 'tab' (mouslessly) by using the TAB key to the desktop, but it onlygi annoys me to the start menu, and then in the box quick launch, and then to the bar of tasks, and to the area of Notification, then back to an icon on the desktop again... jump the desk itself... then back to the start menu... round and round in circles never the bureau itself becomes the "Active window" - such that I could right-click by using this key.

Is it possible that I can TAB on the desktop, so that it becomes the "Active window"?

I find this only happpens problem after I have been using applications for a while. In general, I can use the key to right-click on the desktop, or use CTRL + N to open a Windows Explorer window bit time after startup, but 3 hours later, it's a different scenario.

I use Vista, SP2, Standard Windows Aero disabled (because the active windows or icons are stronger highlghted in blue in the standard).

(Why not use a mouse like everyone else? I do, but 3 months ago I lost my pointing device (touchpad mouse) in some type of a software problem. I had to reinstall Windows to get it back. It was like losing my right hand, I couldn't even click on the Windows Setup diskettes, so I swore that I would never so helpless once again, so I'm learning... keyboard shortcuts and a few BACK... I came to believe that if you can't use a computer, a way, it is essential that you should be able to use it otherwise using different methods).

Thanks for any advice.

If the keyboard focus is on a desktop icon rather than the bureau itself, then you should be able to press Ctrl-space to toggle the current icon between the selected and deselected (which should deselect the first press), and then Rightclick (or Shift + F10) key should open menu contextual of own Office.

(This paragraph is in the interest of someone else coming in your question).  If you are not sure whether the desktop icons are chosen or not, simply move the highlight with the arrow keys box must select the highlighted icon and deselect all other icons.

Edit: How I force the Office to have the circumflex accent is to use Ctrl-Esc instead of the Windows Logo key to bring up the Start Menu (the difference is subtle but there), then Esc to close the Start Menu (but keep the circumflex on the Start Menu button), then SHIFT + Tab to go back into the tab on the office order.

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