Microsoft Intellimouse (Optical with wire)

zoro

This PoS was brilliant until about a month ago .. I've had it about a year and a half now, and it's suddenly started treating 9/10 single clicks as a double click!

Anyone have this experience before? Or any suggestions as to what on earth is happening?

Daniel

Mr. Fancypants

Maybe have a gander in the mouse settings in Control Panel and increase the time to make 2 single clicks a double click? (Cant remember the name for it, but it should be there!)

zoro

yeah I had already thought of that ... thing is that it's now at the very possible minimum setting for double click speed, and STILL a single click will usually open a file/program instead of a double.

It may not sound all that bad, but think about how many times you use a single click and take it for granted?

Say you want to highlight a few files for deletion? Hold CTRL and click once on the files you dont want, you get to the second last one and it thinks you've double clicked so it opens every single highlighted file

Same when you're closing a window with the little "X" in the corner, you never know what else will close with it

oneweb

Originally posted by zoro
Say you want to highlight a few files for deletion? Hold CTRL and click once on the files you dont want, you get to the second last one and it thinks you've double clicked so it opens every single highlighted file

That's a fecker alright, happened me a few times. ClicketyNOOOOOOOOOOO!

Anyway, if you try Control Panel, Folder Options - in the General tab select 'Double click to open an item'

zoro

Ah now come on That's jsut insulting

It's always been on double click, i dont like it the other way

oneweb

Originally posted by zoro
It's always been on double click, i dont like it the other way

Have you actually checked it? I've updated my post with more complete info. Windows has a reputation for changing/having some values changed out of the blue either of its own doing or from the actions of another piece of software.

zoro

yeah i did check it ... but checked again just a second ago, just in case

it's on double click already, i haven't changed it

didnt mean to snap at you