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


The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft IntelliMouse Explorer
  • Microsoft IntelliMouse Optical
  • Microsoft IntelliMouse Web
  • Microsoft IntelliPoint software 3.0
  • Microsoft IntelliPoint software 3.1
  • Microsoft IntelliPoint software 3.2
  • Microsoft Intellimouse Trackball Explorer
  • Microsoft Intellimouse Trackball Optical
  • Microsoft Intellimouse Optical Wheel Mouse
This article was previously published under Q268057

SYMPTOMS

When you use one of the Microsoft IntelliMouse pointing devices listed at the beginning of this article, you may be unable to assign a game action to the fourth or fifth mouse button.

RESOLUTION

To attempt to resolve this issue, assign the fourth and fifth mouse buttons to keys on the keyboard that are not assigned to a game action or to a Microsoft Windows command.

NOTE: You must install the IntelliPoint software before you perform these steps.
  1. Click Start, point to Settings, and then click Control Panel.
  2. Double-click Mouse.
  3. Click the Buttons tab.
  4. Click a key on the keyboard that is not assigned to a game action or to a Windows command in the Large Thumb Button or the Left Side Button box.
  5. Click a key on the keyboard that is not assigned to a game action or to a Windows command in the Small Thumb Button or the Right Side Button box.
  6. Click OK.
  7. Start the game that you are attempting to play, and then configure the keyboard and the pointing device assignments for the game.
  8. Assign the actions for which you want to use the fourth and fifth mouse buttons to the keys on the keyboard that you assigned to the buttons in step 4 and 5.

MORE INFORMATION

For additional information about how a five-button pointing device works 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 Third-Party Vendor Contact List, A-K

60781 Hardware and Software Third-Party Vendor Contact List, L-P

60782 Hardware and Software Third-Party Vendor Contact List, Q-Z



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

265724 IntelliMouse: Mouse Button Interrupts Wheel Button Game Action

Modification Type:MinorLast Reviewed:8/18/2005
Keywords:kbHardware kbprb KB268057
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