Windows 10: My Cursor scrolls independently from left to right when trying to highlight and copy text

I am having problems highlighting text and copying it.

As soon as I hightlight a text, regardless of left to right or vice versa, my cursor scrolls through the text on my screen independently.

I have tried the following to understand and fix the issue.

1. Using alternative browsers

2. Using alternative USB keyboard

3. Using alternative mouse

4. Complete fresh install of Windows 10


Also, when installing new software, the install pop up prompts to guide me through installation start to flash, making it hard to click on the onscreen instructions. I can only overcome this by hitting the 'Enter' key.


I am using a 6 year old ASUS 'ROG' G74s with a fresh install of Windows 10 64bit.

I must admit, I am totally lost. I couldn't find any help online and hope someone can give me some useful feedback as to how to fix this problem


thank you to anyone in advance who can help

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Text highlight not sticking - Post Anniversary Update Issue


Immediately following the Anniversary Update, I have been experiencing issues with text highlighting.

Left click text highlighting rarely 'sticks', or stays highlighted after releasing the left mouse button.

Right click text highlighting doesn't highlight text at all.

I have tried using another mouse (different manufacturer) - same issue.

Does anyone have any suggestions, or has anyone experienced this issue?

Thanks

P.s. I've tried some basic troubleshooting such as searching for updated drivers, restarting system, using another mouse (as mentioned)

 

E71x copy/paste

The following works on my E71x.



- move the cursor to the start of the text to be copied

- while holding the shift key, move the cursor to the end of the text to be copied (the text to be copied should now be highlighted)

- select Options|Editing Options|Copy (on left softkey)

- move the cursor to the location where the text is to be pasted

- select Options|Editing Options|Paste (on left softkey)



Hitting the delete key while text is highlighted deletes the highlighted text.

 

Zipping files, naming them, moving cursor and it highlights the whole again

I've experience a strange bug with explorer where if you:

• are selecting multiple files
• right-click on any of the selected items -> Send to -> Compressed (Zipped) folder. This automatically highlights the file name.
• move your text cursor using left or right on the arrow pad immediately after the zip appears and the highlighted file name. You can also do this with a mouse by clicking to move the cursor to where the pointer is at.
• the name will then be highlighted again, which snaps your text cursor back to the end of the name.

This is annoying, especially when I am used to when you rightclick on one highlighted item of multiple, that name is kept when you create the zip folder, and I often append that name with a version type (so FileTest.txt becomes FileTest_updated.txt):





As you can see, (please excuse the file names, I'm programming some stuff), after the ZIP was created, I press right on the arrow pad, which moves the blinking text to the right, and suddenly, the highlight reloads and cancels out my cursor from being at
the position other than at the end of the name. I did not press any button such as CTRL+A that would highlight the text. Microsoft, on your next update, can you fix this? I kept on accidentally replacing the name when I was trying to append text to it