hp wireless mouse x3000 .....how to disable wheel-button that causes continuous scrolling ?

[jeffl464]

when my mouse pointer is over the scroll bar, if i click the mouse switch integrated with the mouse scroll wheel, i get an option to scroll continuously ...how do I disable this feature...I don't want it ?    the windows 10 settings don't mention this annoying 'feature'.

[asmita6658 · Accepted solution]

Hi @jeffl464

Welcome to the HP Support Community. I'd be happy to assist you with the scrolling issue. 

Let's try these steps -

Please follow the below steps to disable mouse scroll option.

1.) Go to Start Menu, Head to the Settings.

2.) Click on the “Devices” section

3.) Move to the “Mouse”

4.) Tap on the “On” button under “Scroll Inactive windows when I hover over them” Disable scroll wheel.

You can also enable or disable Mouse Scroll Wheel in Windows 10 using Registry. In case if you are unable to find the above options you can use Registry to disable the scroll wheel windows 10.

Here is how it is done - 

1.) In search box, type “Regedit” and hit Enter button

2.) Navigate to the HKEY_CURRENT_USER > Control Panel > Desktop

3.) On the right side look for “MouseWheelRouting”.  Open it

Note : If you can’t find mouse wheel routing in registry then you’ve to create one

4.) Now change the default value “2” to “0” to turn off the scroll wheel

I'd recommend you to back-up the registry before you try these steps. Please refer to this document for steps.   

Hope this helps! Keep me posted. 

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