micro innovations mouse double clicks on a single click

im running xp sp3, and recently my mouse started double clicking on a single click. sometimes it does and sometimes it doesnt, if i hold the mouse button down for a little while when trying to single click something it will usually perform a successful single click. i tried looking elsewhere for similar problems, and saw some threads saying to uninstall and reinstall the drivers, and looking in device manager it shows it is using the default xp drivers. i dont know anything about the mouse other than its a micro innovations optical mouse that connects in the mouse port, not usb, and has a scroll wheel. there no other information written on the mouse and i cant find anything in device manager about it. so i cannot find the drivers for this mouse from the company that made it, i think they went out of business because i cant find their main website. any links or advice would be really helpful.

 

Well there is an option to "Single-click to open an item" which does what you are saying, also has your Double-click option here.

This is found by:
- Open a folder
- Go to Tools (tab) Select "Folder Options"
- General (tab) has "Click Item as follows" options here.

This doesn't sound like your problem but I personally like my single click option.

 

yeah thats not my problem, but thanks anyway.

 

Hi,

That's usually a sign of a failing micro switch. Try another mouse.

Good Luck, Jim

 

ive tried another mouse, and it does the same thing.