this is quite bizarre, my mother has recently got herself a new laptop and everything seems to work normally, no pop up's or error messages but noticed the trackpad can't access anything on the desktop e.g.
cannot right-click on desktop
cannot launch any short cuts on desktop
cannot access recycle bin on desktop
it's as though the whole desktop has been disabled but I can still access stuff on the taskbar in the usual way
I am pretty stumped to tell you the truth...any ideas???