Increase Mouse Click Area on desktop

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What I would like to do is increase the area in which the mouse clicks
on, instead of it being right on the tip of the arrow I would like to
make it cover a bigger area, like maybe a 1 x 1' area or something
like that. It can be a square, circle whatever I dont care just want
to know if its possible.

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What I would like to do is increase the area in which the mouse clicks
on, instead of it being right on the tip of the arrow I would like to
make it cover a bigger area, like maybe a 1 x 1' area or something
like that. It can be a square, circle whatever I dont care just want
to know if its possible.
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No way if your mouse driver does not allow for such settings. If you are
not satisfied with this answer, install Windows for Workgroups (Win3.11)
since the default mouse driver allowed for that setting in Win.ini. See
also http://www.microsoft.com/technet/archive/wfw/2_ch6.mspx?mfr=true
and search that site for the keyword "MouseThreshold".
 
What I would like to do is increase the area in which the mouse clicks
on, instead of it being right on the tip of the arrow I would like to
make it cover a bigger area, like maybe a 1 x 1' area or something
like that. It can be a square, circle whatever I dont care just want
to know if its possible.
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Addendum: Start > Run: Regedit
Navigate to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Mouse
Add the string values "MouseThreshold1" and "MouseThreshold2" (right
pane) if not present, assign the appropriate values (eg. '6' and '10'),
close Regedit and reboot. I just tried this out with a system running
a Microsoft Optical Mouse and an IntelliPoint driver. Hard to believe
but these old settings still work. Things may look different when using
third-party drivers (eg. Logitech).
 
What I would like to do is increase the area in which the mouse clicks
on, instead of it being right on the tip of the arrow I would like to
make it cover a bigger area, like maybe a 1 x 1' area or something
like that. It can be a square, circle whatever I dont care just want
to know if its possible.
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Download and use TweakUI, one of the MS powertoys to change the mouse
sensitivity setting.
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/pro/downloads/powertoys.asp
 
Rock said:
Download and use TweakUI, one of the MS powertoys to change the mouse
sensitivity setting.
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/pro/downloads/powertoys.asp
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Rock hit it again, this is the best you can do. TweakUI has a setting
that allows you to fine tune the AREA where a DOUBLE click will be
recognized, which is almost what the op was asking for. To do exactly
what the op wants would require him/her to use a development tool to alter
ALL of the curor resources and "widen up" the cursor's hot-spot, a very
tedious task.
 
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