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How do I fix stuck and glitching mouse cursor

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2023-10-22T22:42:46+00:00

I have a problem with my mouse cursor which I can’t find an answer to anywhere; it is frozen on the left hand side of my screen and continuously clicking. However, when I boot up my computer and I am on the lock screen before logging on, it works completely fine. Once I am logged in, the problem occurs. And what’s weirder is that even when I disconnect my mouse from the computer, it continues to click continuously. BTW the mouse I use is wireless. I tried connecting a wired mouse instead but nothing seemed to change. I have Windows 10 and have had an update recently, but I’m pretty sure this was working after the update so I have no idea what is wrong and how to fix this. Please help.

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  1. John DeV 162.5K Reputation points Independent Advisor
    2023-10-22T23:16:11+00:00

    Hi, good day! I'm John Dev a Windows user like you and I'll be happy to assist you today. I know this has been difficult for you, Rest assured, I'm going to do my best to help you.

    When was the last time it worked properly? Have you made any changes recently?

    **Restart Windows Explorer

    Press Ctrl + Shift + Esc to open Task Manager.

    Select the Processes tab.

    Scroll down and look for Windows Explorer

    Right click then select Restart.

    **Please try to run SFC and DISM to check for any system errors and corrupted files.

    https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/402652...

    After that, restart your computer

    **Press Start then search Device Manager

    Expand Mice and other pointing devices

    Find the Mouse driver in the list

    Right click it and select Update

    Click "Browse my computer for driver software"

    Select "Let me pick from a list of available drivers on my computer"

    Make sure to put a check mark "Show compatible hardware"

    Select an older driver from the list

    Click Next then restart your computer

    **Press Start then search Device Manager

    Expand Mice and other pointing devices

    Find the HID-Compliant Pen if present, right click it then select Disable device.

    Kindly let me know if this helps or if you have any further concerns.

    Kind regards,

    John DeV

    Independent Advisor

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  2. Anonymous
    2024-01-20T07:35:09+00:00

    Hi, microsoft should hire me as soon as I get my dev degree lmao. I figure it out, did some testing, reseted the pc and didnt logged in my microsoft account, everything worked great. But i needed to log in the account eventually, and the glitch happened again. I could not revert the update, because it asked for a password, and even tho I reseted it, it said _incorrect password_. So what I did was locate mouse settings, and figured out the click was mirrored, there is an option that let you change your primary cursor (left or right). You just have to change to the opposite option that is current showing. Its obviously not a proper FIX, but it solves.

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  3. Anonymous
    2023-10-23T07:24:17+00:00

    Hi John,

    Thank you so much for your response but I managed to fix it by reverting the latest windows update through the repair screen on boot up.

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  4. John DeV 162.5K Reputation points Independent Advisor
    2023-10-23T07:50:04+00:00

    Thank you for updating and sharing that information. Glad to hear the issue has been resolved.

    You're most welcome and have a great day,

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