| Registry DataBase : Mouse | |||||||||||
| Buttons - Pointer - Wheel - Speed - Double-Click - Dragging Rotation angle - Sample rate - X Window - Odometer |
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| Top | Buttons | ||||||||||
| Bus Key
: HKLM \SYSTEM \CurrentControlSet \Services \Busmouse
\Parameters Serial Key : HKLM \SYSTEM \CurrentControlSet \Services \Sermouse \Parameters PS/2 Key : HKLM \SYSTEM \CurrentControlSet \Services \i8042PRT \Parameters Entry : NumberOfButtons System : 95, 95+IE4.x, 98, ME, NT, 2K Type : REG_DWORD Range : 1, 2, 3... Default : 2 |
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| 3 : Enables double-click for 3rd
button on Logitech 3-button mice. Some sources suggest another method with DoubleClick. |
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| Key :
HKLM \SOFTWARE \MouseWare \CurrentVersion \Global
configuration settings \0000 Entry : DoubleClick System : 95, 95+IE4.x, 98, ME, NT, 2K Type : ? REG_DWORD Range : 0 or 1 Default : 0 |
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| 1: Enables double-click for 3rd
button on Logitech 3-button mice. Some sources suggest another method with NumberOfButtons. |
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| Bus Key
: HKLM \SYSTEM \CurrentControlSet \Services \Busmouse
\Parameters Serial Key : HKLM \SYSTEM \CurrentControlSet \Services \Sermouse \Parameters PS/2 Key : HKLM \SYSTEM \CurrentControlSet \Services \i8042PRT \Parameters Entry : MouseDataQueueSize System : 95, 95+IE4.x, 98, ME, NT, 2K Type : REG_DWORD Range : 1 to 65536 Default : 0x64 (100) |
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| Number of events stored in the mouse buffer. | |||||||||||
| Key :
HKCU \Control Panel \Mouse Entry : SwapMouseButtons System : 95, 95+IE4.x, 98, ME, NT, 2K Type : REG_SZ |
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| 0 : Default mouse button
configuration. 1 : Left and right mouse button functions are inverted. |
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| Key :
HKCU \Control Panel \Mouse Entry : SnapToDefaultButton System : 95, 95+IE4.x, 98, ME, NT, 2K Type : REG_SZ Range : 0 or 1 Default : 0 |
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| 1 : Mouse pointer will automatically jump onto the default button of the window or the dialog box that you open. | |||||||||||
| Top | Pointer | ||||||||||
| Key :
HKCU \Control Panel \Microsoft Input Device \Mouse Entry : SlowMotion System : 95, 95+IE4.x, 98, ME, NT, 2K Type : REG_SZ Range : ON or OFF Default : OFF |
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| ON : Reduces the pointer's speed when it hovers over some particular objects. Controlled by SmartSpeedSensitivity. | |||||||||||
| Key :
HKCU \Control Panel \Microsoft Input Devices \Mouse Entry : SmartSpeedSensitivity System : 95, 95+IE4.x, 98, ME, NT, 2K Type : REG_DWORD Range : 0 to 100 |
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| 0 : Very fast 100 : Very slow Degree of pointer slowdown when hovering over some particular objects. Enabled by SlowMotion. |
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| Key :
HKCU \Control Panel \Microsoft Input Devices \Mouse Entry : HorizontalSensitivity System : 95, 95+IE4.x, 98, ME, NT, 2K Type : REG_DWORD Default : 0x50 (80) |
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| Pointer horizontal sensitivity. | |||||||||||
| Key :
HKCU \Control Panel \Microsoft Input Devices \Mouse Entry : VerticalSensitivity System : 95, 95+IE4.x, 98, ME, NT, 2K Type : REG_DWORD Default : 0x50 (80) |
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| Pointer vertical sensitivity. | |||||||||||
| Key :
HKCU \Control Panel \Microsoft Input Device \Mouse Entry : DynamicAcceleration System : 95, 95+IE4.x, 98, ME, NT, 2K Type : REG_SZ Range : ON or OFF |
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| ON : Enables ActiveAccelerationProfile. | |||||||||||
| Key :
HKCU \Control Panel \Microsoft Input Device \Mouse Entry : ActiveAccelerationProfile System : 95, 95+IE4.x, 98, ME, NT, 2K Type : REG_SZ Range : 0, 1, 2, or 3 |
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| 0 : Low dynamic acceleration. 1 : Medium dynamic acceleration. 2 : Fast dynamic acceleration. 3 : Disables dynamic acceleration. |
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| Key : HKCU \Control
Panel \Microsoft Input Device \Mouse Entry : Sonar System : 95, 95+IE4.x, 98, ME, NT, 2K Type : REG_SZ Range : ON or OFF Default : OFF |
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| ON : Animates pointer position. | |||||||||||
| Key :
HKCU \Control Panel \Microsoft Input Device \Mouse Entry : PointerHide System : 95, 95+IE4.x, 98, ME, NT, 2K Type : REG_SZ Range : ON or OFF Default : OFF |
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| ON : Removes pointer while typing. | |||||||||||
| Key :
HKCU \Control Panel \Microsoft Input Device \Mouse Entry : Trails System : 95, 95+IE4.x, 98, ME, NT, 2K Type : REG_SZ Range : ON or OFF Default : OFF |
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| ON : Displays trails when pointer moves. | |||||||||||
| Key :
HKCU \Control Panel \Microsoft Input Device \Mouse Entry : TrailLength System : 95, 95+IE4.x, 98, ME, NT, 2K Type : REG_DWORD Range : 1 to 7 Default : 7 |
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| Pointer trail length when Trails are enabled. | |||||||||||
| Key :
HKCU \Control Panel \Microsoft Input Device \Mouse Entry : ScreenWrap System : 95, 95+IE4.x, 98, ME, NT, 2K Type : REG_SZ Range : ON or OFF Default : OFF |
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| ON : Makes the pointer reappear on the other side of the screen when you reach a border. | |||||||||||
| Key :
HKCU \Control Panel \Microsoft Input Device \Mouse Entry : ClickLock System : 95, 95+IE4.x, 98, ME, NT, 2K Type : REG_SZ Range : ON or OFF Default : OFF |
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| ON : Locks clicks for them to be taken as double-clicks when ClickLockTime is reached. | |||||||||||
| Key :
HKCU \Control Panel \Microsoft Input Device \Mouse Entry : ClickLockTime System : 95, 95+IE4.x, 98, ME, NT, 2K Type : REG_DWORD Range : 200 to 2200 |
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| Delay in milliseconds before the system will consider a "long" click to be a double-click. Enabled by ClickLock. | |||||||||||
| Top | Speed | ||||||||||
| Key :
HKCU \Control Panel \Mouse Entry : MouseSpeed System : 95, 95+IE4.x, 98, ME, NT, 2K Type : REG_SZ Possibles values : 0, 1 or 2 Default : 1 |
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| 0 : Pointer speed will not be
increased. 1 : Doubles pointer speed when MouseThreshold1 is reached. 2 : Quadruples pointer speed when MouseThreshold2 is reached. |
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| Key :
HKCU \Control Panel \Mouse Entry : MouseThreshold1 Entry : MouseThreshold2 System : 95, 95+IE4.x, 98, ME, NT, 2K Type : REG_SZ MouseThreshold1 default value : 6 MouseThreshold2 defaukt value : 10 |
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| Number of pixels above which pointer speed will be increased if MouseSpeed is enabled. | |||||||||||
| Top | Double-click | ||||||||||
| Key :
HKCU \Control Panel \Mouse Entry : DoubleClickSpeed System : 95, 95+IE4.x, 98, ME, NT, 2K Type : REG_SZ |
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| Double-click interval in milliseconds. What is the difference between DoubleClickSpeed and DoubleClickTime ? | |||||||||||
| Key :
HKCU \Control Panel \Microsoft Input Device \Mouse Entry : DoubleClickTime System : 95, 95+IE4.x, 98, ME, NT, 2K Type : REG_DWORD Default : 500 |
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| Delay in milliseconds the system must wait between 2 clicks fro them to be considered a double-click. What is the difference between DoubleClickTime and DoubleClickSpeed ? | |||||||||||
| Key :
HKCU \Control Panel \Mouse Entry : DoubleClickHeight System : 95, 95+IE4.x, 98, ME, NT, 2K Type : REG_SZ |
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| Maximum height above which 2 clicks will not be considered as a double-click. | |||||||||||
| Key :
HKCU \Control Panel \Mouse Entry : DoubleClickWidth System : 95, 95+IE4.x, 98, ME, NT, 2K Type : REG_SZ |
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| Maximum width above which 2 clicks will not be considered as a double-click. | |||||||||||
| Key :
HKCU \Software \Microsoft \Windows \CurrentVersion
\Explorer \Advanced Entry : UseDoubleClickTimer System : 95, 95+IE4.x, 98, ME, NT, 2K Type : REG_DWORD Default : 500 |
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| 1 : Detects accidental double-clicks. | |||||||||||
| Key :
HKCU \Control Panel \Microsoft Input Device \Mouse Entry : ClickSaver System : 95, 95+IE4.x, 98, ME, NT, 2K Type : REG_SZ Range : ON or OFF Default : OFF |
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| ON : Left button will double-click instead of standard single click. | |||||||||||
| Top | Wheel | ||||||||||
| Key :
HKCU \Control Panel \Desktop Entry : WheelScrollLines System : 95, 95+IE4.x, 98, ME, NT, 2K Type : REG_SZ |
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| Number of lines scrolled for each wheel notch. | |||||||||||
| Key :
HKCU \Control Panel \Microsoft Input Device \Mouse Entry : ZoomWheelRollEnabled System : 95, 95+IE4.x, 98, ME, NT, 2K Type : REG_DWORD Range : 0 or 1 Default : 1 |
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| 0 : Disables wheel scroll. | |||||||||||
| Key :
HKCU \Control Panel \Microsoft Input Device \Mouse Entry : ZoomWheelRollDirForward System : 95, 95+IE4.x, 98, ME, NT, 2K Type : REG_DWORD Range : 0 or 1 Default : 1 |
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| 0 : Inverts wheel scroll direction. | |||||||||||
| Key :
HKCU \Control Panel \Microsoft Input Device \Mouse Entry : ZoomWheelBtnEnabled System : 95, 95+IE4.x, 98, ME, NT, 2K Type : REG_DWORD Range : 0 or 1 Default : 1 |
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| 1 : Enables wheel button. | |||||||||||
| Key :
HKCU \Control Panel \Microsoft Input Device \Mouse Entry : TrayIcon System : 95, 95+IE4.x, 98, ME, NT, 2K Type : REG_SZ Range : TRUE or FALSE Default : TRUE |
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| 1 : Displays mouse icon in Tray. | |||||||||||
| Key :
HKCU \Control Panel \Microsoft Input Device \Mouse Entry : Magnify System : 95, 95+IE4.x, 98, ME, NT, 2K Type : REG_SZ Range : ON or OFF |
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| ON : Enables Ctrl+Wheel Button magnifying mode for applications compatible with that mouse. | |||||||||||
| Top | Dragging | ||||||||||
| Key :
HKCU \Control Panel \Desktop Entry : DragFullWindows System : 95, 95+IE4.x, 98, ME, NT, 2K Type : REG_SZ Range : 0 or 1 |
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| 1 : Displays window content when dragging it instead of standard window frame only. | |||||||||||
| Key :
HKCU \Control Panel \Desktop Entry : DragHeight System : 95, 95+IE4.x, 98, ME, NT, 2K Type : REG_SZ Default : 2 Range : 1 to 65536 |
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| Dragging will be detected when that height in pixels is reached. | |||||||||||
| Key :
HKCU \Control Panel \Desktop Entry : DragWidth System : 95, 95+IE4.x, 98, ME, NT, 2K Type : REG_SZ Default : 2 Range : 1 to 65536 |
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| Dragging will be detected when that width in pixels is reached. | |||||||||||
| Top | Rotation angle | ||||||||||
| Key :
HKCU \Control Panel \Microsoft Input Device \Mouse Entry : RotationAngle System : 95, 95+IE4.x, 98, ME, NT, 2K Type : REG_DWORD |
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| Sets mouse rotation angle according to user hand position. | |||||||||||
| Top | Sample rate | ||||||||||
| Key :
HKLM \SYSTEM \CurrentControlSet \Services \i8042PRT
\Parameters Entry : SampleRate System : 95, 95+IE4.x, 98, ME, NT, 2K Type : REG_DWORD Range : 0 to 200 Default : 60 |
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| PS/2 Mice : Pointer refresh rate. Increase this value to have pointer move more smoothly. | |||||||||||
| Top | X Window | ||||||||||
| Key : HKCU \Control
Panel Microsoft \Input Devices \Mouse Entry : Focus System : 95, 95+IE4.x, 98, ME Type : REG_SZ Range : ON or OFF Default : OFF |
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| ON : Activates windows when
hovering over their title bars without having to click on
them in Windows 95/98/ME. Note : Enabling this entry may prevent clicking on your Netscape bookmarks in some Windows versions. See ActiveWindowTracking for corresponding Windows NT/2K entry. |
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| Key :
HKCU \Control Panel \Mouse Entry : ActiveWindowTracking System : NT, 2K Type : REG_DWORD Range : 0 or 1 Default : 0 |
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| ON : Activates windows when
hovering over their title bars without having to click on
them in Windows NT/2K. Note : Enabling this entry may prevent clicking on your Netscape bookmarks in some Windows versions. See Focus for corresponding Windows 95/98/ME entry. |
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| Top | Odometer | ||||||||||
| Key :
HKCU \Control Panel \Microsoft Input Devices \Mouse Entry : MouseMilesOn System : 95, 95+IE4.x, 98, ME, NT, 2K Type : REG_DWORD Range : 0 or 1 |
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1 : Works as an odometer. Measures
the distance covered by the pointer and stores it in the
following entries :
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