When Mouse Clicks Go Wrong

Did it ever happen to you that a double-click on a file lead to moving the file instead for a pixels in the direction that you moved the mouse ? If you try to double-click a file and move the mouse for more than four pixels after the first click the file will be moved instead of executed.

While this error margin was sufficient when Windows 98 was the standard it proves to be a problem for many users who have got high end monitors with large resolutions. If you fall into this trap every now and then you might want to increase this error margin which can be done in the Registry.

I’m going to show you how to change the values. Press Windows R, enter regedit and hit enter. Now navigate to the Registry key ‘HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop’. Look in the left window and search for the keys DragHeight and DragWidth which are both set to four pixels by default.

Double-click on entry at a time and edit the number. I suggest doubling it to eight first for both Registry keys. Changes become active immediately. Keep them for some time and see if they solved the problem. If they did not you might want to increase the value even further.