Unable to use UI prompts

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On Skyrim for PC, whenever a yes/no dialog pops up ("Are you sure you want to exit alchemy?"), or a dialog with just 'ok'("You learned the ___ enchantment"), I can't do anything.

I can't right click or left click on the yes or no or anything else on the screen. EDIT: It appears I can press 'y' for yes and 'n' for no, but nothing seems to work for 'OK' dialogs. I get "stuck", and there is nothing I can do. The sound still works and the hover effects for buttons still works, so the game hasn't crashed, but the game becomes unplayable.

What should I do?

  • I use a mouse.
  • I don't have any mods, this is a fresh install (3 hours old!)

Things that don't help

  • Switching between windowed and fullscreen
  • Toggling 'xbox 260 controller' in the settings
  • Adding iPresentInterval=0
  • Adding bMouseAcceleration=0
  • Using Steam's Verify Game Cache
    • It found that my skyrim settings file was modified, from entering the above settings, and replaced it with the default
  • Restarting the computer
  • Playing the game with touchpad only and no external devices
  • Playing with a different mouse
  • Jimnms interface key fix (discussion thread)
    • It doesn't fix the problem I am having but it does tell you the proper keys to pres snow with key mapping consideration

Best Answer

Skyrim does NOT like custom keyboard bindings. Especially if you changed M1.

To fix this, go into the controls and reset them to defaults, by pressing T.