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Old 11-05-2005, 13:07   #1
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Disable 'right click' in windows
First up, I'm not talking about disabling the right click in IE or any other browser - I'm talking about windows itself.

My friend is teaching his dad (70+) to use the internet, however, he's having problems with the mouse buttons - what my friend would ideally like is either for the right button to do nothing, or to do the same as the left button, preferrably set at the user level.

I had a quick google, and found this - but I don't think my friend would be too confident in altering the registry... anyone got any bright ideas?
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Old 11-05-2005, 13:11   #2
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Re: Disable 'right click' in windows
how about creating a .reg file to automate it for him?
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Old 11-05-2005, 13:22   #3
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Re: Disable 'right click' in windows
you should be able to configure the buttons for the mouse through control Panel
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you should be able to configure the buttons for the mouse through control Panel
Yep..............can do in mine......
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Re: Disable 'right click' in windows
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you should be able to configure the buttons for the mouse through control Panel
Mine only allows me to swap over the functions of the buttons
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Re: Disable 'right click' in windows
Could just wedge something under the button so that it can't be depressed.
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Re: Disable 'right click' in windows
enable
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/regs...ontextmenu.reg
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disable context menus
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/regs...xtmenuundo.reg
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Re: Disable 'right click' in windows
Just by way of completeness, for those that dont downloadable links without being able to read about them first, the links are from item 56 on this page
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm
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You could always buy him a one-buttoned Apple mouse
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Re: Disable 'right click' in windows
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Just by way of completeness, for those that dont downloadable links without being able to read about them first, the links are from item 56 on this page
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm
Dunno what made me head to Kellys' site when I saw the request lol
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Re: Disable 'right click' in windows
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Dunno what made me head to Kellys' site when I saw the request lol
Probably same thing that makes it one of my first ports of call.
It's a darn good site chock full of grade "A+" tweaks
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