How To Fix Mouse Settings Keep Changing on Windows 10

The mouse is one of the most important drivers that is used on computers. You can use your mouse to navigate your computer system and manage many tasks. There are three types of mouse available for the user such as wired, wireless and Bluetooth. No matter which mouse you are using, if you are facing a mouse related issue on your operating system then you are at the right place. In this article, we will show you how you can fix the problem where the mouse settings reset or keep changing in the Windows 10 system.

How To Fix Keep Changing or Mouse Settings Reset

In this article we will show you four easy and straightforward ways to fix mouse settings that keep changing.

§  Perform Windows Troubleshooter

§  Update Mouse Driver

§  Use Registry Editor

§  Run a Clean Boot

1) Perform Windows Troubleshooter

Here are the steps on how to run the Windows troubleshooter to fix the mouse settings that keep resetting issue.

1.      Tap on the Start button and launch the settings.

2.      Select “Updates and Security” under the settings features.

3.      Select “Troubleshooter.’

4.      Now a list popup on your screen, here you need to select any one mouse connection depending on your choice as (wireless/Wired/Bluetooth).

5.      Now run the windows troubleshooter and then check the issue resolved. If you are still getting this issue, then you can use another method to fix this issue.

 2) Update Mouse Driver

Updating the mouse driver can fix the mouse issue on your Windows 10 operating system. You can also uninstall, update or change your mouse driver in “Device Manager.

Here are the steps on how to update the mouse driver:

1.      Tap windows +R hotkey to launch Run command Prompt.

2.      In the Run Command-line, type “Device Manager” and tap on the top result on your screen to open it.

3.      Tap on the “Mice and pointing device” in the list appears on your screen.

4.      Now right-tap on the mouse driver and then hit “Update Driver.”

5.      Here you need to wait until the process completes and then you need to restart your operating system and check the issue resolved.

3) Use Registry Editor

You can use a registry driver to fix the Mouse Settings Reset issue when you have “Synaptics drivers.”

Here are the steps on how to use registry editor:

1.      Click windows +R hotkey to launch Run command Prompt.

2.      In the Run Command-line, type “Regedit” and tap the “Enter” button on your keyboard.

3.      In the registry editor move to the command “HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWARESynapticsSynTPInstall.”

4.      Here you will get a key “DeleteUserSettingsOnUpgrade. Double-click” that you need to change its value to zero.

5.      Now close the registry editor and then check the mouse settings and change them according to your choice.

6.      Now you need to restart your operating system and then check the issue resolved.

4) Run a Clean Boot

In the clean boot tools, Windows uses few drivers to the startup program. To do this first, you need to identify third-party apps that are causing the issue on your Windows 10 operating system.

Here are the steps on how to run clean boot:

1.      Click windows +R hotkey to launch Run command Prompt.

2.      In the Run Command-line, type “msconfig” and tap the “Enter” button on your keyboard.

3.      Click the “Service” button under the system configuration menu appear on your screen.

4.      Click “Hide entire Microsoft service” and then tap on “Disable all.”

5.      Tap on “Open Task Manager” in the startup menu.

6.      In the task manager, select the “Startup” button and then click “Disable” on every startup item.

7.      Now you need to restart your operating system and then check for improvement.

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