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    SZ mouse/trackpad insists on double-clicking!?!?

    Discussion in 'VAIO / Sony' started by PHiZ, Sep 12, 2006.

  1. PHiZ

    PHiZ Notebook Guru

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    So I suppose I have just been living with it, maybe thinking it was a glitch. Whenever I single-click, either with the trackpad button or by tapping the touchpad, it will act like a single click and then half a second later it will act like a double click.

    For example, if I want to just highlight a folder, I (single) click on it. It highlights it for a second, and then it automatically opens the folder. It is obnoxious.

    Any ideas? I looked around in the touchpad control panel, and it didn't seem to find my answer. help!
    -PHiZ
     
    PHiZ, Sep 12, 2006
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  2. NuntiusLuminis

    NuntiusLuminis Notebook Evangelist

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    Does the phenomena you're describing ONLY apply to folders?
    That's not a glitch then, I feel your pain too.
     
    NuntiusLuminis, Sep 12, 2006
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  3. PHiZ

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    Why do you say it is not a glitch? That is not standard windows behavior.
    -PHiZ
     
    PHiZ, Sep 13, 2006
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  4. Instigator

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    It's not a glitch....
    go to control panel > Folder Options > General Tab > Under Click items as follows > change single click to open an item to Double click to open an item.

    that's it!!
     
    Instigator, Sep 13, 2006
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  5. PHiZ

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    Yup thank you. This is the first computer that I have used where this option was enabled by default. I found the solution here also:
    http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;266738

    -PHiZ
     
    PHiZ, Sep 13, 2006
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  6. NuntiusLuminis

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    Friggen awesome, Instigator.
    Much obliged.
     
    NuntiusLuminis, Sep 13, 2006
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  7. elizabex

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    Heh --- when I bought my most recent laptop, windows had this feature enabled. It took me a long while searching through all the windows display options to track this solution down.. I can never seem to remember where to find it. :)
     
    elizabex, Sep 20, 2006
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