Mouse hover auto select

Question

Hi,

I need to turn off mouse hover auto select as I use my laptop to control high power entertainment lasers (hobby as home user) and auto select makes it dangerous as when using the control programme the mouse can select items that affect the laser unintentionally.

I've searced the internet for a solution but can't find one.

Suggestions tried are:

1. In control panel folders enable double clicking - already on!

2. In control panel > Ease of Access - Mouse Options - untick Auto Select on Mouse Hover - not ticked. I have tried ticking it then unticking it. Sometimes seems to work temporarily but once the laptop is rebooted, auto select is on once more.

Overall its as if there's some Dell configuration thats setting auto select to on when the pc boots. However, this is a real pain an a real danger with a 3 Watt laser!

Laptop is a Dell XPS 17 L702X with WIndows 7 64 bit.

DELL-Roshan L · Accepted Answer

Hi Alsone,

Welcome to the Community,

Try the following steps:

1.Right-click an empty area of the taskbar and choose "Properties".

2. The "Taskbar and Start Menu Properties" multi-tabbed dialog box appears. Click the "Start Menu" tab.

3. Click the "Customize" button.

4. The "Customize Start Menu" dialog box appears. Scroll down and uncheck the "Open submenus when I pause on them with the mouse pointer" box.

Disable automatic submenu expansion in the Start Menu upon mouse hover in Windows 7

5. Click "OK" on the dialog boxes to close them.

Hope this helps,

Thank You

Alsone · Accepted Answer

Hi Roshan,

I'm not sure. I'm still getting some random selections however, I wondering if lifting then re-applying my fingers to the pd gently is being interpreted as a tap.

I've now turned tapping off and will see how that goes.

Alsone · Accepted Answer

OK that seems to have done the trick. It seems it was a mixture of hovering and slight lifiting of the fingers on the pad being intrepreted as a double tap. Many thanks, Al.

Alsone · Answer

Hi Rohsan,

Thanks for the reply and sorry for the bump, your answer didn't show until afterwards.

I've now unchecked "Open submenus when I pause on them with the mouse pointer" box.

However, I can't find the Disable automatic submenu expansion in the Start Menu upon mouse hover in Windows 7 option.

Where is this?

Thanks.

Alsone · Answer

Bump.

DELL-Roshan L · Answer

Hi Alsone, If you've unchecked 'Open submenus when I pause on them with the mouse pointer' box, that should be it.So was there any change in mouse behaviour  after making the above change?

hamiltondh · Answer

There is no field to edit start menu in Windows 10.  Please advise how to turn off mouse hovering

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