[Autistic] O/T: Disabling right mouse button in Windows

Desdinova soupforare at gmail.com
Mon Apr 3 08:00:21 BST 2006


On 4/3/06, Paul Stimpson <paul at stimpsonfamily.co.uk> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Sorry this is O/T. My middle son is somewhere on the autistic spectrum.
> He uses my partner's computer which has XP and is having problems with
> the mouse. He can't differentiate between the left and right buttons. Is
> there a way to disable the right mouse button or make it function the
> same as the left one for a single user? I've looked online buy can't
> find any suggestions. If it's relevant the machine has a Dell-branded
> USB mouse.
>
> Thanks,
> Paul.
>

If you've got a third party mouse, try using the drivers specific to
it instead of the autoloaded generic windows driver.  Most are able to
remap the buttons.

Take care
Des



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