Jenna I checked the box to activate the hover under make mouse settigns easier and the reverse seems to be true.
No more links automatically opening.
In Windows 7, whenever I hover over things, the mouse automatically selects items or follows links without me clicking.
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I installed Windows 7 Premium Home Edition on my laptop. I am having problems with the mouse constantly selecting items that I don't want it to select. I would like to get it back to the way it has worked in every other version of WIndows where I have to click on something to select.
Do you know how annoying it is to be typing something on a webpage & suddenly your redirected to another page because your mouse hovered over a link???? Or in WIndows Explorer when I'm looking at pictures & the mouse hovers over a folder & moves it to another folder all WITHOUT me clicking & selecting it!!
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Found the solution. I guess this was introduced in Vista, so people moving over to Win 7 from XP didn't know about it. To FIX, go to:
Mouse Properties > Device Settings (Tab) > Settings (button) > Tapping (menu item) > then uncheck "Enable Tapping"
Done. Fixed. Annoyance gone.
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my husband found the drivers from vista(which are utterly amazing) i had to go to the laptop manufacturer web site for the drivers that are specifically for the laptop mine is an acer . so check your computer site for drivers
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2013-03-17T22:59:05+00:00 Tried it all and nothing works. It is just like Microsquish. They creat a version that is **** and makes you buy a new version-I.e. Microsoft 8, Microsodt Vista...every other version.
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2013-01-18T19:08:51+00:00 I will answer the original question about mouse over within the Windows file explorer, not a question about mousing over a different window.
It took me a while, because of course the possible places to click is close to endless.
How to change the Windows file explorer (a Folder View) so mousing over does not select.
- Start Menu | Control Panel (menu option in gray to the right).
2.a If the view of your control panel is by Category (see upper right corner),
click Appearance and Personalization
click Specify Single- or double-click to open
2.b If the view of your control panel is Large or Small Icons (see upper right corner)
click Folder Options | General (tab)
- In the section labeled Click items as follows, click Double-click to open an item (single-click to select) (radio button).
- click Apply (button).
- bring up a new file folder viewer, the Windows File Finder. A simple way is use the Window key and E.
Now you have to click to select something in Windows File Explorer, aka a folder view.
If you like the auto select when you move your mouse pointer (and after a short delay), change step 3:
- In the section labeled Click items as follows, click Single-click to open and item (point to select) (radio button).
I hope that helps someone.