Mouse problem - click on release

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Some time in the past few weeks, my mouse behaviour in Windows XP changed.
The left button use to send a "click" to the system (say, when closing a
program window by clicking on the "X") when the mouse button was released.
Now it sends a "click" when the left mouse button is depressed.

How do I reset it to the previous behaviour?
 
That certainly is annoying. ;-(

Open Mouse Properties...
Start | run | Type: main.cpl | Click OK |
Buttons tab | UNCheck: Switch primary and secondary buttons |
Apply | OK

Switch primary and secondary buttons
[[Clear the check box if you are right-handed and the left mouse button is
the one you use most often. Select the check box if you are left-handed and
use the right mouse button most often. The picture at the right indicates
the selected primary mouse button.]]


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Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

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Okay, the switch primary/secondary box was unchecked. I toggled it on,
applied, toggle it off, applied and my problem was fixed BUT later todaty
the problem re-appeared (and I didn't even reboot). Why isn't the fix
lasting?

Wesley Vogel said:
That certainly is annoying. ;-(

Open Mouse Properties...
Start | run | Type: main.cpl | Click OK |
Buttons tab | UNCheck: Switch primary and secondary buttons |
Apply | OK

Switch primary and secondary buttons
[[Clear the check box if you are right-handed and the left mouse button is
the one you use most often. Select the check box if you are left-handed
and
use the right mouse button most often. The picture at the right indicates
the selected primary mouse button.]]


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Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In
i_hate_spam said:
Some time in the past few weeks, my mouse behaviour in Windows XP
changed. The left button use to send a "click" to the system (say,
when closing a program window by clicking on the "X") when the mouse
button was released. Now it sends a "click" when the left mouse
button is depressed.

How do I reset it to the previous behaviour?
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Beats me.

Your personalized mouse settings are not saved after you log off your
computer
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/239681/en-us

Microsoft Pointing Devices Frequently Asked Questions
http://support.microsoft.com/defaul...support/hardware/intellimouse/faq/default.asp

articles about pointing devices
http://support.microsoft.com/common...ices&ll=mouse&sz=intellimouse+or+intellipoint

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Mouse
Value Name: SwapMouseButtons
Value Type: REG_SZ
Value Data: 0 or 1
0 = no swap
1 = swap buttons

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Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In
i_hate_spam said:
Okay, the switch primary/secondary box was unchecked. I toggled it
on, applied, toggle it off, applied and my problem was fixed BUT
later todaty the problem re-appeared (and I didn't even reboot). Why
isn't the fix lasting?

Wesley Vogel said:
That certainly is annoying. ;-(

Open Mouse Properties...
Start | run | Type: main.cpl | Click OK |
Buttons tab | UNCheck: Switch primary and secondary buttons |
Apply | OK

Switch primary and secondary buttons
[[Clear the check box if you are right-handed and the left mouse
button is the one you use most often. Select the check box if you
are left-handed and
use the right mouse button most often. The picture at the right
indicates the selected primary mouse button.]]


--
Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In
i_hate_spam said:
Some time in the past few weeks, my mouse behaviour in Windows XP
changed. The left button use to send a "click" to the system (say,
when closing a program window by clicking on the "X") when the mouse
button was released. Now it sends a "click" when the left mouse
button is depressed.

How do I reset it to the previous behaviour?
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
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