Thread: Most common Problem of Optical Mouse Solved

Have you ever faced a problem with your optical mouse(any brand - specially the lesser expensive ones like: techcomm, frontech, zebronics etc) ?after usage of 7-8 months(the duration differs) many optical mouse users face a problem of multiple clicks(2 or more than 2) on clicking just once. It becomes really hard to control the mouse clicks while browsing. This is a very common problem and I have faced this problem on three different optical mouses till date.

Well, after searching for solutions on many sites I finally found a solution.

Mousefix.exe is a very small free application which you will need to put in your startup folder and which will always run in the background in case your mouse is having the problem i said. It will monitor your mouse clicks and won't let it make false clicks. For interested people the entire source-code is also freely available.

though this application was meant for Microsoft Intellimouse Explorer Optical Mouse, i tried it and it works fine with all such defective optical mouses. It only uses about 200KB of RAM in the background.

MouseFix

This is a small utility program I wrote to correct a problem that is experienced by some users of the Microsoft Intellimouse Explorer Optical Mouse, whose devices have defective microswitches under the buttons causing a single-click to be seen by Windows as a double-click (seemingly not "debounced" properly).

Contrary to Microsoft Knowledge Base Article 266738 — IntelliMouse: Mouse Double-Clicks When You Try to Single-Click — this problem is most likely to be caused by faulty hardware. However, I couldn't be bothered sending my mouse back, so I wrote a software solution to the problem.

For my mouse, the problem seems to be that the switch isn't "debounced" when you release the button — i.e. when you release it, it actually clicks again. Basically, the program intercepts "up" events for the left mouse button, and ignores any subsequent "up" events that follow within a very small time.
Installing MouseFix

1.Download the utility:
* Download MouseFix utility (Windows NT/2000/XP only)
2. Unzip, and place the files in C:\Program Files\MouseFix.
3. Create a shortcut to MouseFix.exe and place it in the Startup folder of the Start menu.
4. Log off and back on again — your mouse should no longer double-click by accident!

If you manually run the executable, only run it once — you will not see anything to indicate the utility is running, but you should be able to locate the MouseFix.exe item in TaskManager (you can exit the utility by ending the task).

Additional Notes

This utility is provided free of charge and without a warrenty of any kind. I am not responsible for any damage or loss that may occur. USE ENTIRELY AT YOUR OWN RISK.

This utility will only work on Windows NT, 2000 or XP. However, I have made the source-code available free of charge to anyone who is interested in it, and someone could probably adapt it to work on Windows 95/98/ME.

* Download source code (MSVC6)

source: Daniel Jackson - Fun - Old Stuff

I hope this will help many users and eliminate the need of buying new mouse every now and then because of this problem. Plz share your experiences and opinions.

hmm.. something interesting n different.. good keep it up

Thanks for the info reps given

I didn't have any problem with my optical mouse till now.
Anyway, nice job...

Originally Posted by Mr.Tooth Fairy

hmm.. something interesting n different.. good keep it up

Originally Posted by cool_techie_tvm

Thanks for the info reps given

thanks a lot. have you ever faced this problem?

Originally Posted by saurav_kataruka

thanks a lot. have you ever faced this problem?

Indeed i am facing this problem and was thinking of switching the mouse

Originally Posted by cool_techie_tvm

Indeed i am facing this problem and was thinking of switching the mouse

Who is the manufacturer of your mouse?

Originally Posted by dhaneshv

Who is the manufacturer of your mouse?

Some Chinese firm termed Xecom

Originally Posted by cool_techie_tvm

Indeed i am facing this problem and was thinking of switching the mouse

have you tried this tool? is it working? i hope it will as it is in my case . i am using my techcomm mouse for the last 2-3 months with this tool which once i almost decided to throw away

Originally Posted by saurav_kataruka

have you tried this tool? is it working? i hope it will as it is in my case . i am using my techcomm mouse for the last 2-3 months with this tool which once i almost decided to throw away

Yes its working, thats why i repped u

I'm using the Compaq's Optical mouse that came with my assembled system.
Its working fine and has been going on without any problem for years now.

Originally Posted by dhaneshv

I'm using the Compaq's Optical mouse that came with my assembled system.
Its working fine and has been going on without any problem for years now.

good for you. but in case you face this problem in future - this thread is here to help you.

Originally Posted by saurav_kataruka

good for you. but in case you face this problem in future - this thread is here to help you.

Then, let me reserve my thanks for you...

i am using microsoft mouse without any problem for 2 years....

I have the problem with the middle button, but this utility seems not to have any effect on that.

Originally Posted by panchabhut

I have the problem with the middle button, but this utility seems not to have any effect on that.

what problem do you exactly have?

exactly what u described, when middle click button is used to open a link in new tab (in FF3) it most of the time opens in 2-3 simultaneous new tabs. I'm using the HCL mouse in my office that originally came with the system 4 years back.

Originally Posted by panchabhut

exactly what u described, when middle click button is used to open a link in new tab (in FF3) it most of the time opens in 2-3 simultaneous new tabs. I'm using the HCL mouse in my office that originally came with the system 4 years back.

well, i am not sure whether this application is written to monitor middle clicks ... maybe some enthusiastic coder can modify it for that reason too as the source code is also free

@panchabhut

an update on your previous query:

one of friends today called me up regarding a similar problem that you were talking of. i mailed him this app. it worked fine for him. i think this app might not be compatible with your mouse brand. which brand are you actually using?

Originally Posted by panchabhut

exactly what u described, when middle click button is used to open a link in new tab (in FF3) it most of the time opens in 2-3 simultaneous new tabs. I'm using the HCL mouse in my office that originally came with the system 4 years back.

I am using a scroll enabled mouse for sometime, yet i am ashamed to admit i didnt knew about this. That scroll button can be used to open links in new tabs. Thanks indeed for the info.

Repped !!

Originally Posted by cool_techie_tvm

I am using a scroll enabled mouse for sometime, yet i am ashamed to admit i didnt knew about this. That scroll button can be used to open links in new tabs. Thanks indeed for the info.

Repped !!

i really cant believe that youuuu didnt knew this ...

you can infact use the scroll click in any way you want by configuring it from the control panel ... i used it as the left click for many days before finding this solution for my defective mouse

@ cool techie
thanks

@ saurav
its HCL branded. don't know whether its their own product or not.

I randomly face the problem of dancing pointer! in which, point moves without any corresponding movement in mouse.

anyone knows how to fix this issue?

Originally Posted by Gary4gar

I randomly face the problem of dancing pointer! in which, point moves without any corresponding movement in mouse.

anyone knows how to fix this issue?

Hire an exorcist....

-F

Originally Posted by Gary4gar

I randomly face the problem of dancing pointer! in which, point moves without any corresponding movement in mouse.

anyone knows how to fix this issue?

another very common problem.

possible causes and suggestions:

1) use a soft opaque surface beneath your optical mouse. optical mouses are known to face this issue on shiny or glassy surfaces.

2) this generally happens due to the effect of some other plug and play device. try to use the mouse with different permutations of various plug-n-play(usb) devices by removing each device one by one.

3) try cleaning the optical sensor surface of the mouse using some brush or wind blow

4) the mouse sensitivity might have been increased accidentally in the control panel mouse settings and this dancing behaviour problem may occur in such case even due to slightest of air/wind - even of overhead fans.

5) rarely but some viruses are known to exhibit such behaviour. but this is rare.


try these things .... i hope one of them will work for you. otherwise get yourself a new one ...

Thanks