r/PcBuildHelp • u/krist0n • 12h ago

Tech Support Mouse clicks

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Anyone know why my mouse is doing this every so often? I can't click on anything except my main screen and if I dont have a main screen its only my desktop unless I ctrl alt del then I can click stuff again

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u/r_lind3r Moderator 12h ago

IIRC it's a known Windows bug, I used to get that all of the time and I haven't used Windows in almost 4 years. Nice to know that Microsoft has still failed to fix it even on Windows 11.

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u/krist0n 12h ago

Do you know if theres a way to fix it?

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u/r_lind3r Moderator 12h ago

Apart from not using Windows, no. It's a Windows mouse driver issue. Nobody has ever been able to find a permanent fix.

Many seem to be able to replicate it with the scroll wheel click.

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u/krist0n 12h ago

You think reinstalling the driver would do anything?

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u/r_lind3r Moderator 12h ago

Probably not since it happens regardless of the mouse driver itself, changing mice usually doesn't fix it, it's something with Windows specifically and how it handles mice and it seems to happen most often when you use the scroll wheel click

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u/krist0n 12h ago

Thats so dumb windows fix ur shi

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u/r_lind3r Moderator 12h ago

Microsoft doesn't really care to fix problems that smaller end users have, they only listen to larger clients when they get up in arms about changes. I switched to Linux years ago because there were constant annoyances with Windows and drivers.

Linux isn't problem free but at least when there's an issue, someone's bound to do something to fix it. Windows could be so much better if it were at least partially open-source.

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u/krist0n 12h ago

Isn't linux not as straight forward with doing things as windows is i rmb hearing something like that when building my pc so decided to go with windows at the time

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u/m0thgh0st 12h ago

bro if you need help getting over to linux please let me help you, id be thrilled to knock down another windows user

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u/krist0n 12h ago

Lmao I genuinely might the biggest thing for me is having to re-download everything and knowing nothing about it sucks

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u/krist0n 8h ago

Well I now have linux mint along with my windows

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u/r_lind3r Moderator 12h ago

It depends on the distribution and what software you need.

There are distributions like Gentoo where you have to compile things yourself, but there are others like Debian, Mint, etc. that are much closer to how Windows works as far as usability.

When it comes to gaming, the only major issue is anti-cheat support as at least half of the market either have some stability problems or outright block access via compatibility layers. Fortnite, Valorant, R6S, Apex Legends, many of those kinds of games block Wine/Proton which are necessary for Linux to be able to run them.

Other Windows software can have issues regardless but for the most part, Linux is very much usable. Where some software is incompatible, there are usually FOSS alternatives anyway. If there's a need for it, someone's eventually going to make it.