X-mouse

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I like the X-mouse setting available through TweakUI.

However, it only seems to work between separate windows, i.e. it doesn't
seem to work between two Excel sheets or subwindows in other applications.

Is it possible?
 
I like the X-mouse setting available through TweakUI.

However, it only seems to work between separate windows, i.e. it doesn't
seem to work between two Excel sheets or subwindows in other applications.

Is it possible?
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If this is not the right place for this question, where else could I ask?
 
Although your query could be classified as off-topic, I don't believe you'll
find a newsgroup that covers TweakUI issues.

I personally have no experience with this feature of TweakUI, but I've included
a link to a website that has some words of wisdom regarding all versions of
TweakUI and it also addresses some issues of the X-mouse option. Based on this
article, you may want to disable the TweakUI option and try an installation of
the standalone Win95 version of X-mouse, which supposedly has more features.
Here's the link:

http://winsupportcenter.com/a/powertoy.htm

Hope this helps.
 
Although your query could be classified as off-topic, I don't believe you'll
find a newsgroup that covers TweakUI issues.

I personally have no experience with this feature of TweakUI, but I've included
a link to a website that has some words of wisdom regarding all versions of
TweakUI and it also addresses some issues of the X-mouse option. Based on this
article, you may want to disable the TweakUI option and try an installation of
the standalone Win95 version of X-mouse, which supposedly has more features.
Here's the link:

http://winsupportcenter.com/a/powertoy.htm

Hope this helps.
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Hi David,

thanks for your encouraging reply. I'll look into it.
 
I don't think I did you any favors. I've been experimenting with the Xmouse
option using TweakUI, just to see what it's all about. It's not my cup of tea,
but for those that make use of cascading windows it's probably a god-send.

Furthermore, the info that I cited previously wasn't quite accurate. I installed
the Xmouse.exe application from the Win95 Powertoy suite and it's not compatible
with Win2K. It's designed to work with Win95 (and probably Win98), but not with
the WinNT series. Here's a quote from one of the info resources I came across:

"This setting is only available for Windows NT through Tweak UI. To activate
this feature in Windows 95, you have to install and launch the Xmouse
application from the PowerToys group.

The activation feature works only for the operating system. If you open an
application such as a word processor and have multiple documents open in the
application window, you still have to click to switch between documents"

The second part of that quote answers your original query. It's not what you
wanted to hear, but may save you from a lot of useless searching and testing.

Here's the link to the resource I quoted from:
http://www.windowsitlibrary.com/Content/368/06/1.html
 
I don't think I did you any favors. I've been experimenting with the Xmouse
option using TweakUI, just to see what it's all about. It's not my cup of tea,
but for those that make use of cascading windows it's probably a god-send.
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Hi David,

thanks for looking into it further.

I find X-mouse a god-send for all my windows and pop-up windows,
especially with my 2-monitor setup.

I'm so used to activating windows by simply moving the mouse that I'm
often amazed why people seem to prefer having to click on windows to
activate them.

What makes you hesitant about X-mouse?
Furthermore, the info that I cited previously wasn't quite accurate. I installed
the Xmouse.exe application from the Win95 Powertoy suite and it's not compatible
with Win2K. It's designed to work with Win95 (and probably Win98), but not with
the WinNT series. Here's a quote from one of the info resources I came across:

"This setting is only available for Windows NT through Tweak UI. To activate
this feature in Windows 95, you have to install and launch the Xmouse
application from the PowerToys group.
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Thanks for digging out this information - I had read some warnings
myself and therefore didn't actually get to the Xmouse.exe installation
stage.
The activation feature works only for the operating system. If you open an
application such as a word processor and have multiple documents open in the
application window, you still have to click to switch between documents"
The second part of that quote answers your original query. It's not what you
wanted to hear, but may save you from a lot of useless searching and testing.
Click to expand...

Thanks for the information. Sadly, it is indeed not what I wanted to
hear, but at least now I know that it isn't possible, although I'm
astonished that someone hasn't come up with a solution for implementing
X-mouse behaviour inside application windows.

I wonder why it is so difficult/impossible?
Here's the link to the resource I quoted from:
http://www.windowsitlibrary.com/Content/368/06/1.html
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Thanks for the link.
 
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