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by lurena

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For some reason the double clicking of my mouse is not accepting specific
characters in one double click at a time And it varies depending what
application I am using.
for example:
In Notepad - the following is typed in
playerA/PlayerB vrsPlayerC\PlayerD
When I click on playerA/PlayerB and double click, it will only highlight
playerA then the / then PlayerB it breaks it up. However, if I reverse
the slash to \ then PlayerC\PlayerD is completely highlighted when I double
click.
The same holds true for addresses, Pretend1234@hotmail.com In Outlook, it
will only allow me to double-click in portions, Pretend1234 then @ then
hotmail then . then com, however in Notepad I can only get the Pretned then
1234 then @hotmail then . then com
I have adjusted and re adjusted my settings for mouse. I have tried
troubleshooting..
My mouse worked perfectly on the double-clicking in any application I was
using. This only changed once I installed XP.
Any help would greatly be appreciated.

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by qballrail

As strange as it may seem, your mouse may not be XP compatible. Also if you upgraded to XP rather than performed a clean install, this could be one of the anomalies of upgrading. Clean installs are always the way to go.

First thing I would do is go to your Device Manager and remove your mouse, reboot and let Windows re-detect it. To do this, go to My Computer, right-click and select Properties. Then select Hardware and click the Device Manager button. The device listing should show "Mice and other pointing devices. Click on the + sign in the box next to it and select your mouse. Once hi-lited, you can click the button at the top right of the window that shows a red "X" in front of a computer graphic. Or just right-click on the mouse and select uninstall.

To restart without mouse function, press the windows key on your keyboard and the Start Menu will be activated, arrow over to shut down and hit enter. Under the caption "What do you want windows to do?" will be a drop down menu, just press the up or down arrow keys until Restart is visible and hit enter again. Your computer will then reboot and auto-detect your mouse for you.

If it is a specialized mouse with it's own drivers that you installed, such as Logitech or MS trackball mouse, try removing and reinstalling the drivers first.

Let Windows install it's own drivers for it and see what happens.

Also, I know this is a clicking issue, but if it's a ball mouse (not optical) try cleaning the ball and rollers under the mouse housing. Could be skipping. If all else fails, then try another mouse.

Good luck and hope this helps!

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