Pressing another mouse button interrupts the action assigned to the wheel button in your game (265724)

SYMPTOMS

When you assign the wheel button on one of the Microsoft pointing devices listed in the "Applies to" section to a game action that repeats as long as you hold the button down, such as walking or running, the game action may be interrupted when you press another button on the pointing device.

RESOLUTION

To resolve this issue, assign the wheel button to use a key on the keyboard that is not assigned to a game action or to a Microsoft Windows command.

Note You must install the Microsoft IntelliPoint software before you follow the steps for your appropriate operating system.

Microsoft Windows XP

Click Start, and then click Control Panel.
Double-click Mouse.
On the Wheel tab, configure the Wheel Button box to use a key on the keyboard that is not assigned to a game action or to a Windows command.
Click OK.
Start the game that you are trying to play, and then configure the keyboard and the pointing device assignments for the game.
Assign the actions for which you want to use the wheel button to the key on the keyboard that you assigned to the button in step 3.

Microsoft Windows Millennium Edition (Me) and Microsoft Windows 98

Click Start, point to Settings, and then click Control Panel.
Double-click Mouse.
On the Buttons tab, configure the Wheel Button box to use a key on the keyboard that is not assigned to a game action or to a Windows command.
Click OK.
Start the game that you are trying to play, and then configure the keyboard and the pointing device assignments for the game.
Assign the actions for which you want to use the wheel button to the key on the keyboard that you assigned to the button in step 3.

MORE INFORMATION

For additional information about IntelliMouse characteristics in games, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

268116 IntelliPoint: Left Shift Key Becomes Locked in a Shifted State

For additional information about IntelliMouse characteristics in games, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

268057 IntelliMouse: Cannot Assign a Game Action to the Fourth and Fifth Mouse Buttons

For additional information about how the wheel functions in the game that you are playing, contact the game manufacturer.

For information about how to contact the game manufacturer, click the appropriate article number in the following list to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

65416 Hardware and software vendor contact information, A-K

60781 Hardware and software vendor contact information, L-P

60782 Hardware and software vendor contact information, Q-Z

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