Mouse focus - how to disable?

[Will]

Every time my mouse pointer rests on a file in Windows Explorer it
highlights it and brings the focus to that area. Is there any way of
disabling this? I tried to do it in the registry but it didn't seem to
work. Regedit, Control Panel, Mouse, Active Window Tracking is it 0 for
disable. Any ideas?

 

[Johnw]

Will brought next idea :

Every time my mouse pointer rests on a file in Windows Explorer it highlights
it and brings the focus to that area. Is there any way of disabling this? I
tried to do it in the registry but it didn't seem to work. Regedit, Control
Panel, Mouse, Active Window Tracking is it 0 for disable. Any ideas?

Maybe this way.

http://malektips.com/xpwex0015.html

 

[Al Falfa]

Every time my mouse pointer rests on a file in Windows Explorer it
highlights it and brings the focus to that area. Is there any way of
disabling this? I tried to do it in the registry but it didn't seem to
work. Regedit, Control Panel, Mouse, Active Window Tracking is it 0 for
disable. Any ideas?

Disable X-mouse mode via TweakUI v2.10 for XP from
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/Downloads/powertoys/Xppowertoys.mspx

 

[Twayne]

Every time my mouse pointer rests on a file in Windows Explorer it
highlights it and brings the focus to that area. Is there any way of
disabling this? I tried to do it in the registry but it didn't seem
to work. Regedit, Control Panel, Mouse, Active Window Tracking is it
0 for disable. Any ideas?

Go to your mouse properties or cp and turn off the X-mouse feature.

Twayne

 

[Will]

Every time my mouse pointer rests on a file in Windows Explorer it

Maybe this way. http://malektips.com/xpwex0015.html

I already have that unchecked. I use a program called FolderSize that
calculates all those values automatically. Amazingly useful.
But I don't care about information about that file. I just don't want focus
to move to that area of the screen every time the mouse rests on something.