Switch mice for left handed user

[Theldron]

Hi all,

 

We have a new member of staff who is left handed and wants to use the mouse with the mouse buttons switched. I have setup a logon script to switch the buttons in the registry but this works intermittently.

 

Any other ideas that might work better?

 

Cheers

[jthompson]

If the registry setting itself is reliable, and it's just the script that doesn't always get run, you could try applying the reg settings using a GPO, and set up security filtering on the GPO to target only the user(s) needed.

[andy_b]

Autohotkey script / exe ? - https://www.autohotkey.com/

 

;Swap Mouse Buttons
;Win + F1 to swap
;Win + F2 to revert

;Environment 
#NoEnv  ; Recommended for performance and compatibility with future AutoHotkey releases.
SendMode Input  ; Recommended for new scripts due to its superior speed and reliability.
SetWorkingDir %A_ScriptDir%  ; Ensures a consistent starting directory.
#NoTrayIcon 
#SingleInstance force

#F1::
DllCall("SwapMouseButton",int,true)
return

#F2::
DllCall("SwapMouseButton",int,false)
return

[PD1279]

I would as well go for the Targeted GPO setting as much easier and will follow them around if they login to another machine

[Theldron]

Thats brilliant thanks guys ill try the targeted GPO registry change and see how it goes.

 

Thanks again.