Getting back/forward mouse buttons working as default

[Daniel Stone]

On Wed, Jan 05, 2005 at 01:40:47AM +0000, Martin Alderson wrote:
> Is it possible we could have the backwards and forwards mouse buttons
> just _working_ when I plug a mouse in?
> 
> At the moment they are totally wacked, which can only be fixed by
> running a cryptic set of commands and programs, from what I gather.
> 
> I'm using a wireless intellimouse explorer 2.0 (got it free as a
> warranty replacement) and it doesn't work by default. I have also got
> intellimouse explorer (wired) which broke, but still has working mouse
> buttons (apart from mouse1, which double clicks all the time).
> 
> Any chance of this getting in?

I'm looking into it, but it seems to be very difficult, thanks to the
fact keyboard and mouse manufacturers have unanimously decided that the
world doesn't need a way to tell keyboards and mice apart, and that you
should instead just pop the driver CD that came with the device into
your Windows installation.