For the past few days I was experiencing a rather strange issue on my computer that made the mouse double-click sometimes when I did a single left-click. While that was not a problem all the time, it sometimes broke my workflow, for instance when trying to select a folder or deleting tags here in WordPress. The result was a different action than intended, the folder for instance was opened instead of selected.
I suspected that it could be caused by two things. First a setting or driver issue, and second a hardware fault in the mouse’s micro-controller. Hoping that the issue fell into the first category, I began my research.
First thing I remembered was that it was possible to change the double-click speed rate in the mouse control panel.
After experimenting with the slowest double-click speed available I noticed that the issue was not caused by this setting. Next thing I checked were interfering background programs that may have caused the double-clicking issue, but that turned out not to be the issue as well.
Which left me with a driver or hardware problem. I noticed at that time that Microsoft has a support page up about the issue. Troubleshoot mouse double-clicking when you single-click basically lists the same reasons for the behavior that I came up with. The company suggests to test the mouse in Safe Mode which I did not do. This could however be another option for Windows users who are experiencing the same phenomenon.
My next stop were the Logitech mouse drivers. I decided to uninstall them to see if the default Windows mouse drivers were causing the same issue. After uninstallation and reboot, and some testing, I noticed that the problem had been resolved. While I can’t say with 100% certainty that the drivers were corrupt, I can say that uninstalling the drivers did resolve the issue which suggests just that.
Since I did not want to stick to the default Windows mouse drivers, I decided to download the latest Logitech Setpoint mouse software and install it on my system to see if the issue remained resolved. Thankfully it did.
A hardware defect would have been the last option if uninstalling and installing mouse drivers would not have resolved the problem. Users who have come to this point might want to try the
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.
The program is only compatible with Windows XP according to the author. I probably would have tested it under Windows 7 anyway to see if it resolves the issue.
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Responses so far:Roman ShaRP says:
Once I had similar issue, caused by hardware problem: the contacts in click switch accumulated some corrosion , what made their contact unstable and thus throwing “up/down” even for non-double action.
I “revived” that mouse two times, disassembling it and clearing the contacts, then assembling back, but then changed it. Troubled mouse was of Genius brand, and after some time I became so disappointed with their hardware, that I don’t buy anything from Genius anymore.
As for Logitech, I bought some of their mice couple of times, but was rather disappointed with hardware design (doesn’t fit well in my hand) and mostly – driver quality. I even installed A4 Tech drivers instead of Logitech for Logitech mouse, and got it working better.
Now I have Logitech mouse on my workplace in office, – and I’m disappointed with driver software again (also I had Logitech keyboards, but changed them with A4 Tech ones) .
Are you SERIOUS?!?!?!
I expected an article a little bit more technical then this!!
You could simply go to:
My Computer > Tools > Folder Options > And switch to double click instead of single click!!!!!!!
So if my mouse is double clicking when I want single click, I should change the settings to “double click instead of single click!!!!!!!” ?
They are not understanding the issue here. Maybe my fault for not explaining it properly.
That would make a quadruple-click then I suppose.
Robert Palmar says:I am afraid you misunderstood the article.
Which for the record explained the issue properly.
lool Exactly
worse article ever lmao! I think it was made by someone who just started using windows lol
“lool”
“worse article”
“lmao!”
“lol”
Your reply was written by someone with the mentality of a 12 year old.
Consequently your comment carries the same level of authority.
It is obvious why you had trouble understanding the article.
I had this issue with my Logitech mouse for a while. Tried bunch of things and not sure which exactly made it go away (so far), but one more hardware-related advice I found posted by Logitech on their site is that it can be because of static electricity and to remove battery from mouse for some time to have switches discharge or something like that.
I had the same problem with main Logitech corded mouse M500 (setpoint 6.20 – 32 bit) and I did it the same way, to correct it. Any thoughts about that this problem is maybe specific to the Logitec mouse?
When I double-click on a word in Windows (browser or Notepad) it selects the word plus the space after it. This is really annoying when copying and pasting a word and I can see no reason why this behaviour would be wanted – how can I stop Windows from doing this?
Glad I’m not the only one getting annoyed at this Window’s “feature”. Please let us know if you figure out how to select the word without the space. I’ve been searching the web on and off for about 3 years for this.
I had this exact problem and followed the precise troubleshooting
you did on this, Martin, and I was just about to try the very
same software MouseFix before I tried a longshot.
It was a hardware issue and when disconnected
I forcefully and repeatedly clicked the mouse
thinking it might alleviate the contacts
from sticking and it did for me.
Interesting. My version of Windows died shortly after I wrote the article, and I spend the better half of the day setting it up again. No system restore, repair or whatever seemed to help unfortunately. I’m still copying data over, registering programs again and the like.
I feel your pain on that situation.
It’s the day we all secretly dread.
It has happened twice to me, each time
with hard drive failures, and no matter how
good you get at backups there is always a ton
of work getting things back to what you had before.
I recently tried the refresh and reset options of Windows 8, and they are both great. Not sure if they would have helped me in this case, but I think they can be really beneficial in many cases.
Robert Palmar says:Well that is good to know of your
positive impression of those features..
Anything that helps is welcome
and its good to see Windows
offering new tools to help.