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Thread ID: 89618 2008-05-06 05:14:00 Change mouse button actions? mejobloggs (264) Press F1
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666431 2008-05-06 05:14:00 I have some generic mouse with no drivers. It has buttons on the thumb for Forward/Back

Currently they increase/decrease volume. How can I set them to Forward/Back?
mejobloggs (264)
666432 2008-05-06 05:19:00 Click start/ Control panel, locate the mouse, double click to open, some place there if the built in software accepts it, will be a tab that allows you to select what button does what.

If not then you will have to find out who made the mouse, go to their site and download the driver / Software package for the model you have.
wainuitech (129)
666433 2008-05-06 05:19:00 Probably need to set it in the software, most mice with those functions have some sort of software with them.
Might have to start searching for the manufacturer.
DeSade (984)
666434 2008-05-06 05:31:00 Nah im at work anyway so can't install drivers

Guess i'll just have to be content with turning the sound on and off every time i want to go back/forward
mejobloggs (264)
666435 2008-05-06 07:55:00 Give the following link a try. Extra buttons on mice are usually mapped against standard OS actions and aren't entirely dependant on driver software.

www.highrez.co.uk
sal (67)
666436 2008-05-06 08:52:00 I just gave X-Mouse Button Control (XMBC) a quick once over and it's quite a handy little utility app. The download from the link above (2 MB) requires install but I duplicated the two app files it installed, uninstalled then ran the executable and it seemed to operate just fine so seems to be quite portable (and several times lighter at a zipped 180 KB) so I've added it to my folder of portable apps (www.imagef1.net.nz).

I've zipped and uploaded it (stash.ableapp.com) for anyone brave and willing to confirm it works no probs. It's pretty helpful, especially with application specific mouse-button mappings. Making the middle-click a useful button outside of web browsing is great and you can exclude firefox.exe from losing middle-click for links too.

Edit: Forum time is slipping further, 8 mins slow now
sal (67)
666437 2008-05-06 21:44:00 Cool as. Btw, this link here has a zip download for it (180kb as well)
www.raymond.cc

*oh... but that link didnt work for me, thanks for yours sal
mejobloggs (264)
666438 2008-05-06 22:04:00 But I don't seem to be able to change the thumb buttons with xmbc. mejobloggs (264)
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