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by kevin7frg

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I was getting issues on a laptop with XP and I ran a repair. After the repair, the double click on the mouse only creates a shortcut. Any ideas??

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by Former member

Device manager and look for you mouse and right click on it and select "delete", then reboot your system, now try your mouse, is it working as it should. :)

Please post back if you have more problems or questions.

by captbilly1eye

But it happened when double clicking the Internet Explorer 7 shortcut.
If that is your issue, rather than uninstalling IE7 and going back to IE6, there is a registry fix that may help:
http://www.divshare.com/download/46737-e0a

Or... if your issue is a little different, perhaps that reg file holds the key to a resolution. Download, extract and then rather than running it, right click and select Edit to view the changes it makes.

[b]CAUTION:[/b] Making incorrect changes to the system registry may make your computer unusable. Before making any changes to the Windows Registry, make a valid and good copy of the Registry and verify that you can restore to it easily if need be.

I hope this helps.

by captbilly1eye

Glad I could help!

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