My Disappearing Right Click Window

Factual Questions
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I posted this in MPSIMS, but I am also posting this here for added help.

I have Windows XP. I dunno what happened, but you know how when you want to copy and paste sumthin’ you right click and a lil box (window) appears with the menu? Well, my box doesn’t appear–it blends into the background, and only by highlighting each line of the box can I find what I need to do.
this is really not good. I feel like I am driving blind. I messed around a bit with “help” (ha!) and tools and edit and stuff like that, and came up with bupkus.

Anyone have any idea how to get the setting back to where the lil white window shows up when I right click?

I was messing about with settings some way or another last week (trying to do a flowchart) and I must have inadvertently changed the settings.

I am almost computer illiterate,so be easy on me.

and many thanks for the help in advance. I am working this weekend and may not be able to check in until Monday (sorry).

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If I understand you, the right click menu actually appears, but is hard to see, is that right?

You may have altered the colour scheme accidently. Right click the screen, select “properties” (catch 22 there, I know). Go to the tab “Appearence,” click on the “advanced” button.

Use the pull down list labelled “item.” Select “Menu” from the list.
Set the following :

(1st row)
size - 19 color 1 - white

(2nd row)
Font - Tahoma size - 8 color - black

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Bless you! I will try that. Thanks alot.