Programming Mouse Buttons..

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I recently got the microsoft wireless desktop (mouse and keyboard), it came with intellipoint 5...but, intelipoint doesn't have as many functions that you can set your mouse to as intelipoint 4 does, and, the mouse doesn't work with intelipoint 4, so..my question is..
Does anyone know of any programs that can allow you to control what functions your mousebuttons do?

Heh, sorry, that was kinda hard to understand..
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Reply #1 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Actually, it's not hard to understand, but unfortunately, from what I have been able to find out so far, the simple answer is "no." I have been hunting and watching forums for the same thing and have come up dry so far. I really like the mechanical improvements to the mouse, especially the tilt-wheel technology of the mouse wheel, but the Intellipoint 5.0 software really is a step back from version 4.1.

There is no context sensitive programming at all for the mouse buttons like there was in 4.1. I really miss being able to use the 4 and 5 buttons as forward and back in IE, or as copy/paste in Word, undo/redo in PSP, and so on in other programs. All the forums I've checked so far though, tell me there is no way around it, and a lot of unhappy customers. Hopefully, they will come out with a version 5.1 soon to restore the programmability.
Reply #2 from WinCustomize Forums Top
alright, thanks...

I dunno what the bugger MS was thinking when they did intelipoint 5....I would go back to 4 in a second if my mouse worked with it, *sigh*

I agree though, the tiltwheel is awesome, at the moment it kind of sucks, given that it's new and hardly anything supports it, but it's got a ton of potential..
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Reply #3 from WinCustomize Forums Top
I agree though, the tiltwheel is awesome


Yes... I love being able to scroll horizontally I'll keep hunting, and if I find anything, I'll post it on the board.