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Three hours ago I opened a PDF file and my mouse changed its movement, like moving it left is down, etc. I have been fighting with this problem ever since. I have read many forums but nothing helped. I thought it might be some hotkey in Adobe or something, but didn't find anything about that.
I have tried all USB ports, reinstalling the mouse drivers several times, restarting my notebook, and changing rotation of the screen, but it didn't help. The touchpad is working normally, the other optic mouse, too, but this one just doesn't want to.
I also tried some programs which can invert the mouse axis, but they only worked for the touchpad, not the mouse.
Any ideas how to turn it back? I don't want to hold my mouse in 270° clockwise for the rest of its life. I'm using Win7.
Natalie
Posted 2015-01-26T07:44:23.880
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1Out of sheer curiosity, can you check the optical outlet on the bottom of the mouse? Sometimes stray dust (and hair) gets in there and can cause some serious looking problems. – ScottMcGready – 2015-01-26T07:47:18.847
It is completly clean, the mouse is +-month old also, so nothing had a chance to get inside yet. :/ – Natalie – 2015-01-26T07:51:37.657
Strange. What happens when you flip the screen 90°? – ScottMcGready – 2015-01-26T07:55:12.930
The mouse flips 90° more together with the screen, I have rotated the screen many times, but the mouse is still flipping together with it, not going back to original axis. – Natalie – 2015-01-26T07:58:28.767
Worth a shot. Seeing as it's around a month old, try returning it? If the touchpad and other mouse is fine it seems to indicate an issue with the hardware itself. – ScottMcGready – 2015-01-26T08:00:06.093
Its probably the only way to solve it... I was just hoping there is some another solution, as it happend out of nothing, when opening a pdf file, the axis reversed... Thank you for the tips anyways. – Natalie – 2015-01-26T08:01:48.133
Did you try the PDF on another machine to see if it replicated the issue? I'm thinking the PDF opening was a coincidence – ScottMcGready – 2015-01-26T08:03:46.913
I tried opening that pdf with another optical mouse, but it didnt happen, so you are probably right about coincidence. Now Im opening that file with the broken mouse and its not changing back, seems the pdf has nothing to do with it... Guess I will have to return the mouse – Natalie – 2015-01-26T08:06:31.007
Use the different mouse. Unless the mouse in question is special, bin it – Dave – 2015-01-26T08:25:00.687
Go to control panel, disability options, and see if something is there that causes this. Its the only thing I can think of other than a defect in the mouse. – LPChip – 2015-01-26T10:33:12.617
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Possible duplicate of Mouse is rotated by 90 degrees
– Woeitg – 2015-11-30T13:15:23.970