some keys\buttons behaviour

[phaolo]

On WinXP I've always used the additional buttons on my mouse to copy\paste text, but on Win7 they seem tied to back\forward in explorer (I don't mean IE).
Is it possible to disable\change such behaviour?

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Another thing: is the F12 key reserved for something?
I cannot use it anymore in some programs that capture screenshots.

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Btw, some people told me that Ctrl + Printscreen should automatically create different files.
Is that true? Where are they saved?

Edited April 5, 2016 by phaolo

[Tripredacus]

Install your mouse software and go into it in Control Panel. See if you can re-assign your buttons there.

F12 for screenshots, I believe, was a function of the program itself. Some programs (games) it works, some it doesn't or you need to configure it for that.

It used to be, that you could use Ctrl+Print Screen to send text directly to the printer. I'm not sure if that is used anymore. I just set my default printer to the XPS Document Writer, and press Ctrl+Print Screen and nothing happened. An aside, I opened paint and pasted a screenshot, so Ctrl+Print Screen seemed to (at least) operate the same as Print Screen on its own.

[phaolo]

1 hour ago, Tripredacus said:

Install your mouse software and go into it in Control Panel. See if you can re-assign your buttons there.

So, there's no native way to change them?
I've already installed the Logitech program, but these buttons get overridden in explorer :\

 

[Tripredacus]

Maybe we can look it up. What model mouse do you have?

[phaolo]

6 hours ago, Tripredacus said:

Maybe we can look it up. What model mouse do you have?

Model M510 and the last SetPoint version.
Windows 7 is Pro and 64 bit.

Btw, the custom functions actually work at first, but get overridden whenever there's a folder "history" in explorer (so, immediately after changing dir in the same window).

Edited April 6, 2016 by phaolo

[Tripredacus]

There are a couple of things relating to Windows indexing XML files. Take a look at these:
https://forums.logitech.com/t5/Mice-and-Pointing-Devices/my-OS-is-win-7-m510-does-not-save-the-mouse-settings-for-speed/td-p/1303523

https://forums.logitech.com/t5/Mice-and-Pointing-Devices/M510-drops-custom-settings/td-p/1015301

[phaolo]

1 hour ago, Tripredacus said:

There are a couple of things relating to Windows indexing XML files. Take a look at these:
https://forums.logitech.com/t5/Mice-and-Pointing-Devices/my-OS-is-win-7-m510-does-not-save-the-mouse-settings-for-speed/td-p/1303523

https://forums.logitech.com/t5/Mice-and-Pointing-Devices/M510-drops-custom-settings/td-p/1015301

Unfortunately, those issues seem different from my problem.
I should have added more details.

In summary:

- Logitech config is saved correctly (speed, buttons, etc).
- the extra buttons work in most programs (not all, alas).
- the extra buttons don't always work in explorer as I explained.

I can understand partial program compatibility, but.. explorer?
Anyway, I'll check that forum too. Thanks
 

[phaolo]

I've managed to solve the issue with a trick.

I've added "Explorer.exe" to the Application-specific settings.

Edited April 9, 2016 by phaolo

[phaolo]

Wha.. I thought that I fixed the issue for good, but it's back again! WTF

[phaolo]

I was half-wrong about the settings: some are saved, but others not.
Or, more exactly, they're all saved to the "user.xml" file, but then some get overwritten with the defaults on next program start.

So, I edited the "default.xml" file with my button settings and.. now some are remembered (e.g: Office)

Unfortunately, the behaviour in Windows Explorer is still weird.
It's incredible that such bug for Win7 still exists!

Edited May 23, 2016 by phaolo