I’s say this is one of the very first settings I edit after getting a new computer. Working with the mouse is critically important to a user’s sanity and if that mouse is too slow, too fast or all around annoying, the user might just go crazy.
Today, I offer you a quick post that will explain exactly how to go about adjusting two mouse settings in Windows 10. First, we have the setting that controls which button is the primary one and which is the secondary and second, we have the setting that controls how many lines are scrolled per one roll-click of the mouse roller. Both settings are extraordinarily simple to edit, so this shouldn’t take much time at all.
Launching the Mouse Settings
To adjust these two settings, I’ll click the Start button to open the Start menu. Remember the time I wrote a post that covered the many aspects of the Windows 10 Start menu? If you don’t, you should really check it out.
When the menu opens, I’ll click on the Settings menu item, which I’ve circled in red above.
After I click on the Settings button, the Settings menu will open.
Next, I’ll go ahead and click on Devices.
The next button I’ll click on is called Mouse & Touchpad. Once I do that, I’ll find myself at the Mouse settings window. Perfect.
Switching the Left & Right Mouse Click
Do you know what the difference between the left mouse click and the right mouse click is? No? Well, let me help.
Simply put, in Windows, the left click selects something and carries out some sort of an action. You can either single click it or double click it. If you single click, you generally select something. Think of a file or a folder as a target for some action to come in the future. If you double click, whatever the possible action is, it’s carried out.
If I head into a folder, I can select a file by left clicking on it once. If I want to open that folder, I can double click it. It’s that easy.
Remember, don’t confuse the operations of working inside of Windows with the operations of working on the internet. The internet consists of hyperlinks that only need to be clicked on once to carry out an action. There’s no need to double click a link on a web page.
In Windows, if I right click, I’m presented with a menu of possibilities for action. Once the menu appears, I’ll need to left click on one of the selections to make something happen. I’ve never double right clicked on anything, so I don’t think that’s even an option.
The reason I bring this up is because in Windows 10, we have the ability to swap which buttons control the left and right clicking on our mice (or mouses). Or more specifically, which button is the Primary button and which is the Secondary. Traditionally, the left button is primary.
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To switch which does what, all I need to do is locate the drop-down menu right below the line that says “Select your Primary Button.” I’ll click it and choose either the left or the right.
There is no need to hit Save. Actually, there is no Save button to hit.
Adjusting the Mouse Roller Wheel
The mouse wheel is the best invention to hit the computer in the last twenty years. I know, crazy. I can remember the days before this wheel and boy, they were tough. Every time I wanted to scroll down a screen, I had to move my mouse pointer over to the scroll bar on the right, click it and drag it down. Horrible for the carpal tunnel.
These days, I just flick my finger and the screen magically moves up and down. The thing is, if the settings for how far the screen moves are off, life is almost as miserable as they were back in the day. Just imagine rolling the mouse wheel so the screen moves down – but only moves down one line at a time. Imagine how frustrating that would be.
The next topic I’d like to discuss deals with how to edit the settings that control how far a page moves when you roll the mouse wheel one click. Most mice wheels “click” gently when rolled, so I consider that a click.
Windows 10 comes set to move a page 3 lines with one click on a mouse wheel. That’s sort of mild, so I changed mine a while back to scroll 6 lines per click. This is a very realistic setting because it’s just enough, but not too much.
In the same window, if I look at the drop-down menu right below the line that reads “Roll the Mouse Wheel to Scroll” I can make the first change.
If I select the first option that says Multiple Lines at a Time, I’ll have the ability to edit just how many lines that is with the slider I’ll talk about next. If I select the option right below that, that says One Screen at a Time, the slider below will gray out and when I roll the mouse wheel one click, the page I’m on will move an entire page worth, either up or down. To me, that’s drastic.
If I move down one spot, I’ll see the slider that controls how many lines the page will move up or down with one click of the mouse wheel.
When active, the slider handle will be blue. When you roll over it, such as I did in the above screenshot, the handle will turn black.
This setting is rather self-explainitary. Push the handle to the left to reduce the number of lines moved and to the right to increase it. As you’re pushing, the number of lines will appear above the handle. Use these numbers as a reference point when making changes.
Scrolling Inactive Windows
I use this feature a lot. I actually didn’t even know it existed until I looked into how to edit the mouse settings. It’s handy because I generally have multiple windows open when I’m working on my computer.
By default, Windows 10 comes with the Scroll Inactive Windows When I Hover Over Them setting to On. All this means is that you’ll have the ability to control the visible content of a window that’s behind the active one on your computer by scrolling. Of course, your mouse needs to be hovering over the inactive window for anything to happen, but that’s simple enough to do. If I wanted to turn this feature off for some reason, I would just click the switch in the Mouse settings window.
If you’d like to read up on how to edit more mouse settings on your Windows computer, please take a look at these fine posts:
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By default, Windows allows you to open items (files, folders or applications) with a double left click. If you’re tired of double-tapping on your mouse or touchpad, you can enable single click to open folders or files. In this tutorial we’ll show you how to change from double click to single click to open folders/files in Windows 10.
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That’s it! If you would like to open items with double-click later on, just open the Folder Options and enable the option Double-click to open an item (single-click to select).
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If your Windows 10 mouse has started double clicking on single click randomly, here are a few things you need to take a look at to fix your problem. This problem can be traced to hardware, software or even drivers. Some Windows users have encountered this mysterious problem of mouse double clicking at random time. This weird problem hampered the workflows in the middle and produced the task far beyond intended. This problem is analogous where a single left click will cause a false double click leading to the execution of different activity than the task that was undertaken.
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If your mouse is double clicking you may need to do the following:
While the issue is incredibly frustrating, we discuss in this article some solutions to resolve the problem.
1] Select Double-click to open an item in Control Panel
Open File Explorer options in the Control Panel.
Under the General tab, Click items as follows section, click on the radio button that reads Double-click to open an item (Single click to select).
Click on Apply and OK.
2] Reinstall the latest Mouse driver
Open quick access menu by pressing Windows+X. Go to Device Manager from the list of menu.
Search and locate Mice and other pointing devices from the list on the left side of the window.
Expand Mice and other pointing devices.
Right-click on the driver and click on Uninstall.
Restart the computer.
If the drivers aren’t installed automatically on restarting the PC, go to the computer manufacturer website and install the latest drivers.
3] Run the Hardware and Devices Troubleshooter
The Hardware and Device Troubleshooter is an automated tool which will assist in identifying issues with hardware and other devices. The troubleshooter also provides the details on how to fix them. Following steps will guide you to run the troubleshooter.
Open Run dialog by pressing Windows+R.
Type the Control Panel to open it for you and Click Ok.
Click on Troubleshooting.
Under Hardware and Sound, click on Configure a device. This will open a new window for troubleshooting.
Click on Next button to run the Hardware and Device troubleshooter. Wait till the scan is finished.
If there is an issue found, a report will be presented. Choose the one you want to fix and click on next button. The troubleshooter will resolve the issue if any.
4] Update the Touch drivers
Press Windows + X key on the keyboard.
Go to Device Manager.
Right-click your mouse devices/driver.
Click Update Driver Software and then follow the steps in the wizard that appears.
Restart the computer and check.
5] Troubleshoot in Clean Boot State
A Clean Boot helps to overcome the software conflicts and checks if any third party application is conflicting on the system. When you start the computer in clean boot, the computer starts by using a pre-selected minimal set of drivers and startup programs, and because the computer starts with a minimal set of drivers, some programs may not work as you expected.
Clean-boot troubleshooting is designed to isolate a performance problem. To perform clean-boot troubleshooting, you must take a number of actions, and then restart the computer after each action. You may need to manually disable one item after another to try and pinpoint the one that is causing the problem. Once you have identified the offender, you can consider removing or disabling it.
Follow these steps to perform a clean boot.
Press the “Windows + R” key to open a Run box. Type msconfig and click OK.
Go to General tab and click on the radio button for Selective startup.
Untick the checkbox with the Load startup items.
Go to the Services tab.
Select the Check box that says Hide all Microsoft services.
Click Disable all.
Go to the Startup tab and Click Open Task Manager.
On the Startup tab, right-click each enabled startup item and select Disable.
Click OK and Restart.
After troubleshooting, reset the computer to return to a normal startup mode by following these steps.
Open the Run prompt by pressing the “Windows + R” key.
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Type msconfig and click OK.
Go to the General tab and select Normal startup.
Go to the Services tab and untick the checkbox that says Hide all Microsoft services.
Click Enable all.
Go to the Startup tab and Click Open Task Manager
Enable all of your startup programs.
Click OK and Restart
If the above solutions don’t help, try to check for the latest Windows Updates. Sometimes installing the updates may fix the problems. Also, the problem arises if you have not installed the drivers properly or if you are running an incompatible driver. In this case, install the drivers in compatibility mode.
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