Mouse hovering acts like click

Help! Since upgrading to win7, sometimes when I just slide my mouse
pointer over an icon it selects that file or launches a program. I know
this is a 'feature' of Win7, but I want to turn it off.

I've gone into Control Panel--> Ease of Access --> Make the Mouse easier
to use and unselected (actually that was the default) Activate a window
by hovering over it with a mouse, but it still happens. The frustrating
thing is that it's inconsistent, doesn't happen all the time.

Anybody have any ideas? Do I need to change settings in more than what
I've detailed above, or is this maybe a bug?

Thanks

Paul

"Paul Gray" <> wrote in message
news:KJNsn.631$Z6.321@edtnps82...
> Help! Since upgrading to win7, sometimes when I just slide my mouse
> pointer over an icon it selects that file or launches a program. I know
> this is a 'feature' of Win7, but I want to turn it off.
>
> I've gone into Control Panel--> Ease of Access --> Make the Mouse easier
> to use and unselected (actually that was the default) Activate a window by
> hovering over it with a mouse,

Isn't that the task bar icons Not Desktop Icons. I don't know why your mouse
thinks your clicking

but it still happens. The frustrating
> thing is that it's inconsistent, doesn't happen all the time.
>
> Anybody have any ideas? Do I need to change settings in more than what
> I've detailed above, or is this maybe a bug?
>
> Thanks
>
> Paul

Paul Gray wrote:
> Help! Since upgrading to win7, sometimes when I just slide my mouse
> pointer over an icon it selects that file or launches a program. I know
> this is a 'feature' of Win7, but I want to turn it off.
>
> I've gone into Control Panel--> Ease of Access --> Make the Mouse easier
> to use and unselected (actually that was the default) Activate a window
> by hovering over it with a mouse, but it still happens. The frustrating
> thing is that it's inconsistent, doesn't happen all the time.
>
> Anybody have any ideas? Do I need to change settings in more than what
> I've detailed above, or is this maybe a bug?
>
> Thanks
>
> Paul

Try a different mouse? Maybe the mouse is defective.

"Paul Gray" <> wrote in message
news:KJNsn.631$Z6.321@edtnps82...
> Help! Since upgrading to win7, sometimes when I just slide my mouse
> pointer over an icon it selects that file or launches a program. I know
> this is a 'feature' of Win7, but I want to turn it off.
>
> I've gone into Control Panel--> Ease of Access --> Make the Mouse easier
> to use and unselected (actually that was the default) Activate a window by
> hovering over it with a mouse, but it still happens. The frustrating thing
> is that it's inconsistent, doesn't happen all the time.
>
> Anybody have any ideas? Do I need to change settings in more than what
> I've detailed above, or is this maybe a bug?

Control Panel, Appearance and Personalization, Folder Options, select
"Double-click to open an item (single-click to select)"

Paul Gray wrote:
> Help! Since upgrading to win7, sometimes when I just slide my mouse
> pointer over an icon it selects that file or launches a program. I know
> this is a 'feature' of Win7, but I want to turn it off.
>
> I've gone into Control Panel--> Ease of Access --> Make the Mouse easier
> to use and unselected (actually that was the default) Activate a window
> by hovering over it with a mouse, but it still happens. The frustrating
> thing is that it's inconsistent, doesn't happen all the time.
>
> Anybody have any ideas? Do I need to change settings in more than what
> I've detailed above, or is this maybe a bug?
>
> Thanks
>
> Paul


It's as annoying as hell, isn't it?

-Al-

"Al Smith" <> wrote in message
news:hp0bil$pj9$...
> Paul Gray wrote:
>> Help! Since upgrading to win7, sometimes when I just slide my mouse
>> pointer over an icon it selects that file or launches a program. I know
>> this is a 'feature' of Win7, but I want to turn it off.
>>
>> I've gone into Control Panel--> Ease of Access --> Make the Mouse easier
>> to use and unselected (actually that was the default) Activate a window
>> by hovering over it with a mouse, but it still happens. The frustrating
>> thing is that it's inconsistent, doesn't happen all the time.
>>
>> Anybody have any ideas? Do I need to change settings in more than what
>> I've detailed above, or is this maybe a bug?
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>> Paul
>
>
> It's as annoying as hell, isn't it?

Mind blowing input, Al.
--


"Don't pick a fight with an old man.
If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you."

"Paul Gray" <> wrote in message
news:KJNsn.631$Z6.321@edtnps82...
> Help! Since upgrading to win7, sometimes when I just slide my mouse
> pointer over an icon it selects that file or launches a program. I know
> this is a 'feature' of Win7, but I want to turn it off.
>
> I've gone into Control Panel--> Ease of Access --> Make the Mouse easier
> to use and unselected (actually that was the default) Activate a window by
> hovering over it with a mouse, but it still happens. The frustrating thing
> is that it's inconsistent, doesn't happen all the time.
>
> Anybody have any ideas? Do I need to change settings in more than what
> I've detailed above, or is this maybe a bug?
>
> Thanks

What type of mouse? If it's the old roller ball type it's probably trash.
If it's a wireless or laser mouse try uninstalling and reinstalling the
drivers.
--


"Don't pick a fight with an old man.
If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you."

You mention the taskbar. Yes, it happens when I hover over a taskbar
icon. But it also happens within windows themselves. I have unexpectedly
closed programs (sometimes losing data) if I get near the red X in the
far upper right of certain windows. I've also deleted e-mails in Outlook
2007 by passing the mouse over the X in the command bar at the top.

It's like Windows is ignoring the fact that the 'hover option' is
unchecked in the Ease of Use section.

By the way, it's a one year old HP laptop with a trackpasd and a
Microsoft wireless 6000 mouse. Both pointing devices exhibit the same
behavior, and both worked fine before Win 7. Went into device manager
and tried to update drivers for both, aqnd Windows said drivers for both
were up to date.

Paul


On 31/03/2010 4:06 PM, Trev wrote:
>
> "Paul Gray" <> wrote in message
> news:KJNsn.631$Z6.321@edtnps82...
>> Help! Since upgrading to win7, sometimes when I just slide my mouse
>> pointer over an icon it selects that file or launches a program. I
>> know this is a 'feature' of Win7, but I want to turn it off.
>>
>> I've gone into Control Panel--> Ease of Access --> Make the Mouse
>> easier to use and unselected (actually that was the default) Activate
>> a window by hovering over it with a mouse,
>
> Isn't that the task bar icons Not Desktop Icons. I don't know why your
> mouse thinks your clicking
>
> but it still happens. The frustrating
>> thing is that it's inconsistent, doesn't happen all the time.
>>
>> Anybody have any ideas? Do I need to change settings in more than what
>> I've detailed above, or is this maybe a bug?
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>> Paul
>
>
>

MJMIII wrote:
> "Al Smith" <> wrote in message
> news:hp0bil$pj9$...
>> Paul Gray wrote:
>>> Help! Since upgrading to win7, sometimes when I just slide my mouse
>>> pointer over an icon it selects that file or launches a program. I know
>>> this is a 'feature' of Win7, but I want to turn it off.
>>>
>>> I've gone into Control Panel--> Ease of Access --> Make the Mouse easier
>>> to use and unselected (actually that was the default) Activate a window
>>> by hovering over it with a mouse, but it still happens. The frustrating
>>> thing is that it's inconsistent, doesn't happen all the time.
>>>
>>> Anybody have any ideas? Do I need to change settings in more than what
>>> I've detailed above, or is this maybe a bug?
>>>
>>> Thanks
>>>
>>> Paul
>>
>>
>> It's as annoying as hell, isn't it?
>
> Mind blowing input, Al.


Thank you.

-Al-

On Thu, 01 Apr 2010 01:58:35 GMT, Paul Gray wrote:

> You mention the taskbar. Yes, it happens when I hover over a taskbar
> icon. But it also happens within windows themselves. I have unexpectedly
> closed programs (sometimes losing data) if I get near the red X in the
> far upper right of certain windows. I've also deleted e-mails in Outlook
> 2007 by passing the mouse over the X in the command bar at the top.
>
> It's like Windows is ignoring the fact that the 'hover option' is
> unchecked in the Ease of Use section.
>
> By the way, it's a one year old HP laptop with a trackpasd and a
> Microsoft wireless 6000 mouse. Both pointing devices exhibit the same
> behavior, and both worked fine before Win 7. Went into device manager
> and tried to update drivers for both, aqnd Windows said drivers for both
> were up to date.

Hmm. This reminds me of what happens when one accidentally touches the
touchpad. Some touchpads have a setting to help ignore accidental touches,
and in any case, the sensitivity to touch is probably adjustable.

But I also wonder what would happen if you disabled one of the mice so that
only one is active. Maybe you're experiencing a hardware conflict between
the two devices.

> Paul
>
>
> On 31/03/2010 4:06 PM, Trev wrote:
>>
>> "Paul Gray" <> wrote in message
>> news:KJNsn.631$Z6.321@edtnps82...
>>> Help! Since upgrading to win7, sometimes when I just slide my mouse
>>> pointer over an icon it selects that file or launches a program. I
>>> know this is a 'feature' of Win7, but I want to turn it off.
>>>
>>> I've gone into Control Panel--> Ease of Access --> Make the Mouse
>>> easier to use and unselected (actually that was the default) Activate
>>> a window by hovering over it with a mouse,
>>
>> Isn't that the task bar icons Not Desktop Icons. I don't know why your
>> mouse thinks your clicking
>>
>> but it still happens. The frustrating
>>> thing is that it's inconsistent, doesn't happen all the time.
>>>
>>> Anybody have any ideas? Do I need to change settings in more than what
>>> I've detailed above, or is this maybe a bug?
>>>
>>> Thanks
>>>
>>> Paul
>>
>>
>>


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