Windows 10: Turn Off Mouse Auto Select

When my mouse pointer hovers over a button, after a short while it auto selects even though I have not clicked on it. How do I turn this off please?

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Hover / auto-select / auto-highlight Mouse

Can any Microsoft technicians or any Microsoft Community members create an app that will turn off the Mouse Hover / Auto-Select / auto-highlight function in Windows 10, please. The Microsoft technicians should create a trouble-shooting tool to do it. It
is clearly evident via the posts on Microsoft Community that this has been a long standing issue / problem for many people. - Jim

 

Mouse auto selecting at random

I have a Sony Vaio Fit 15 laptop running Windows 10 Pro. I use MS Paint quite a lot and have noticed that occasionally when using a USB mouse the point will auto select or auto draw lines or shading. This also happens in MS Edge with the result being
it will auto highlight and select items at random. I have no idea what is happening as it will be fine for 3-4 days and then it will do it again. I have tired a wired USB mouse, a wireless USB. mouse and a Bluetooth mouse but the issue still occurs. It
doesn't happen when I just use the trackpad. Before I go and get a new laptop, can someone please provide any advice.

 

Mouse Keys will not turn off

Hi Casey,

Thank you for a detailed description of your issue. Since you've already tried unchecking the option
Use the numeric keypad to move the mouse and still getting the same result, I suggest that you also turn off the option
Use mouse keys when NumLock is on. On the Change sign-in settings, select the
Make the mouse easier to use > Select Set up Mouse Keys, then make sure to unchecked
or turned off the following click Apply, then OK.

• Turn on Mouse Keys - Use the numeric keyboard to move the mouse the screen.
• Use Mouse Keys when NUM LOCK is Off.

Once done, go back to the Change sign-in settings, then this time click the
Make keyboard easier to use, then unchecked the
Turn on Mouse Keys. Click Apply, then OK.

Once done, close your Control Panel page and check if Mouse Keys still enables automatically.

If you have additional questions, or if the issue persists after the troubleshooting steps above, please let me know by replying to this thread. This way, I'll get notified and respond back to you as soon as I can.

Regards.