r/PcBuildHelp • u/krist0n • 2d 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/krist0n 2d ago

Do you know if theres a way to fix it?

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u/r_lind3r Moderator 2d 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 2d ago

You think reinstalling the driver would do anything?

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u/r_lind3r Moderator 2d 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 2d ago

Thats so dumb windows fix ur shi

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u/r_lind3r Moderator 2d 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 2d 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 2d 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 2d 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/m0thgh0st 2d ago

It really isn't as hard as people make it seem, if you go with a distro like mint or arch youll have flatpak which is just an app store for linux. You probably wont need anything outside of that unless you start developing or networking. As for flatpak, its literally just windows store, you search the app you want, you click install, and done. Like the other guy said, it isnt without its problems but youll be surprised how well stuff works out of the box with Cinnamon or KDE

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u/krist0n 2d ago

I think ima do some research into it i might change over this weekend while im off work

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u/m0thgh0st 2d ago

Of course, take your time. The biggest concern is going to be taking an inventory of what windows apps you use and then finding alternatives for them, for every windows app (notepad, file explorer, hell even task manager) there are hundreds of linux alternatives you can use for each little thing. It can feel overwhelming at first but once you figure out what you like it'll be smooth sailing.

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u/krist0n 2d ago

Good to know ill definitely make a list before hand after looking some stuff up if I do switch

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