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January 19, 2024 at 08:13 PM
brennan2004

Mouse won’t scroll in browsers (despite trying all sorts of fixes)

by brennan2004 . Updated 2 years, 4 months ago

Problem:
Mouse won’t scroll in browsers, but it will scroll normally in MS Word.
Related: Mouse pointer has an extra semi transparent icon alongside in the form of a mouse wheel

Setup:
Desktop HP PC Intel I5
Running Windows 10 Pro build 19045.3930
Simple generic mouse
Mouse driver : HID – Compliant mouse

Attempts to resolve:
Tried three browsers (including Chrome & Edge)
Following other posts on the internet, I have altered various settings in Windows Settings
Swapped out the mouse
Deleting the device driver
Ran checks on the health of Windows

Ran a clean boot-
Scrolling resumed in a browser.
I then tried to identify a particular service that might be responsible, but after much effort I could not narrow it down to any one service

Any help to resolve this would be much appreciated

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