Trash Talk - Windows XP FUnk838 (0) - Mon Aug 07, 2006 4:28 pm Post subject: Windows XP
When I try to go and double click an icon on my desktop, files, and taskbar such as internet explorer or continuum or McAfee It comes up as if I would have right clicked it once. I also looked at my folder options and its set to double- click to open an item....Any one know what to do about it?
Mine GO BOOM - Mon Aug 07, 2006 6:14 pm Post subject:
Check your keyboard and make sure the ALT key isn't stuck down.
Check your mouse properties that they havn't been set for a left-handed person.
SyrusMX - Mon Aug 07, 2006 10:15 pm Post subject:
Is it a wireless mouse? 'Cause mine freaks out like that from time to time. I just unplug it, then plug it back in and it works.
Assassin2684 - Mon Aug 07, 2006 11:33 pm Post subject:
Ya I dont know whats with wireless mouses but mine like sometimes stops working or like skips and it gets annoying...
FUnk838 (0) - Tue Aug 08, 2006 9:33 am Post subject:
Yes...On my touchpad I can't double click anything to open the program either....I have to right click and open the program that way...
FUnk838 (0) - Tue Aug 08, 2006 9:36 am Post subject:
Also, I unplugged my wireless mouse and plugged it back in...still doesnt work....alt tab isn't stuck...My wireless mouse is set to right hand....Idk what's wrong, I just turned my laptop on one day and it got all messed up... Animate Dreams - Tue Aug 08, 2006 9:49 am Post subject:
Hmm, my sister has a problem with her mouse doubleclicking. She's using the Microsoft Intellimouse, and a few people have problems with those. So far, each one in my house has stopped working at one point, and we've had to get a replacement. That was after a year though, at least for mine, at which point the off-brand cheap batteries still hadn't died. So, I suppose it's a tradeoff.
FUnk838 (0) - Tue Aug 08, 2006 10:05 am Post subject:
I have a Micro innovations mouse and I just got it a few days ago....and when I unplug it I have a problem with my touchpad not double clicking either...
The Apache - Tue Aug 08, 2006 11:25 am Post subject:
pfft, stick to the simple cheap keyboards. works like a treat.
SyrusMX - Tue Aug 08, 2006 2:56 pm Post subject:
Check http://windowsupdate.microsoft.com for any driver updates for your mouse. If there aren't, then have you tried simply rebooting your machine? It could just be that something didn't load properly.
Assassin2684 - Tue Aug 08, 2006 3:43 pm Post subject:
Or you were the unlucky one that got a bad mouse. I havent droped my mouse once and it doesent work correctly. But it only does it every once and a while.
i88gerbils - Tue Aug 08, 2006 7:20 pm Post subject:
I've been extremely pleased with my Intellimouse Explorer. I bought it 6 years ago off of ebay, used. Only recently I've been having trouble with double-clicks and the mouse wheel. I thought it was dying, but it turns out the USB on this cheapass mobo i had to buy sucks ass.
Anonymous - Tue Aug 22, 2006 1:30 am Post subject: mouse
I just had to re install my touchpad driver.
