Windows 10: Change left mouse button from copy to move

Hi,I've just got a new Windows 11 PC. With my old Windows 10 PC, when I held down the left mouse button onto a file or folder I was able to drag and drop it to a new location. With this new PC when I try that it wants to copy it to a new location and leave the original where it is. How do I get back to just drag and drop please?

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How to change left/right buttons on a mouse ?

How to change left/right buttons on a mouse ?

I have a left-handed mouse and i want to switch buttons left/right.

However when i do that in mouse options, left/right buttons on my touchpad are changed as well !! i don't want to change them.

I want to swap buttons only for one device, how to do it ?

Win 10 19041

asus zenbook ux431flc

 

Windows 10 mouse button changes

Hi Bob,

We are more than happy to help, but we just need a few information to further assess the issue:

• Did you make any changes on the settings on your PC, particularly with the mouse settings?
• Have you tried plugging the mouse to a different USB port?
• Does it only happen when clicking links, or the left mouse button is completely not functioning at all?
• Have you tried plugging the mouse to a different PC?
• What are the troubleshooting steps you have done so far?

Please advise. We'll keep an eye out for your response.

 

Changing Scroll Wheel Left/Right Button Functions On A Mouse

Dead Internet Theory is a thing, no doubt, because I cannot find anything on

how to reassign functions to very specific mouse buttons! Eight billion people

on the planet and...crickets!

So here is what I want to do:

I want to change what my scroll wheel left and right buttons do. Not the

backward/forward buttons, not the middle scroll wheel button - the

damn left and right horizontal scroll buttons!

Specifically, I want to assign the skip function to them (left/right arrow keys

on the keyboard) so I can skip forward/backward within a video, for instance.

They currently work in image viewer skipping to previous/next photos.

I'm sure you know what I'm talking about.

Maybe someone knows a trick to do that within Windows? Or perhaps I can

use a third party application? And don't suggest Microsoft Mouse and

Keyboard Center because my mouse ain't Microsoft...and besides, Microsoft

Mouse and Keyboard Center can't reassign functions to those specific

buttons anyway (I've tried it on a Microsoft mouse on a different machine).

Please only suggest solutions you've tested or know for a fact work. I'm not

interested in empty ideas and "maybes"; don't have time for that.