Question Mouse clicking on its own

[Valykry]

My mouse, for whatever reason keeps left clicking(and holding) on its own. I have confirmed this is not a hardware issue. The problem persists across multiple mice. The click and hold, and some few seconds later clicks and holds again even happens when mice are disconnected. I have tried updating drivers, to no effect. If I switch the functionality of the left button, what happens here depends on how I switch it. If I change it in the mouse settings to be left handed for instance, then it still uses the left click as the secondary, as expected.
If however I use armoury crate to reassign the buttons, I can change the primary mouse click to the middle button and disable the left, and it still primary clicks, as though it has now switched to MMB.

I very highly suspect an auto clicker I installed shortly before all this began, assuming that since it was on the Microsoft store it would be fine. I have since uninstalled, but the problem persists. May have been the cause, or may have been coincidence.

I have ran a scan with Malwarebytes, and while it came up with a bit of adware, it didn't find anything major and didn't fix the issue.

I have disabled the mouse in device manager, and it still occurs. In the device manager, I set up so that with the press of the enter key the mouse will disable, then hovered the mouse over a desktop icon to see if it clicks it and disabled the mouse. After a few seconds, it still clicks.


This is a desktop PC. No track pad, no touch screen. Windows 10.
I have went to system config>services, hid all Microsoft services and disabled everything that didn't hide. After a restart, the problem persists.

 

[CountMike]

My mouse, for whatever reason keeps left clicking(and holding) on its own. I have confirmed this is not a hardware issue. The problem persists across multiple mice. The click and hold, and some few seconds later clicks and holds again even happens when mice are disconnected. I have tried updating drivers, to no effect. If I switch the functionality of the left button, then it does whatever I set the left button to do.

I very highly suspect an auto clicker I installed shortly before all this began, assuming that since it was on the Microsoft store it would be fine. I have since uninstalled, but the problem persists. May have been the cause, or may have been coincidence.

Control panel> Mouse > Clock lock

 

[Order 66]

Have you tried restarting? I had this same issue (granted it was on a Chromebook, but restarting fixed it for me.)

 

[Valykry]

It isn't click lock, that is disabled.
And I've restarted plenty of times while updating drivers.

 

[Valykry]

Is this the wrong place to ask?

 

[Order 66]

Is this the wrong place to ask?

It might have been better to post this thread in either the windows 11 or computer peripherals forum, but seeing as how I am not a mod, (nor will I probably ever become one due to lack of experience, although it would be nice) I do not have the power to move this thread into either of those forums. That is something for the mods to decide.

 

[gardenman]

Your post is fine where it's at, but another mod may decide to move it.

There are "3 layers of Windows".
#1. Normal Windows - All software and drivers loaded.
#2. Clean Boot - Only MS software loaded, all drivers loaded.
#3. Safe Mode - Only MS software and MS-safe drivers loaded.

A Clean Boot might help you determine if it's a specific program. To do a Clean Boot, you basically disable all 3rd party software/services that run at startup. IMPORTANT: Always leave all Microsoft software running and check the "Hide all Microsoft Services" checkbox in System Configuration as you go through the steps. If you disable Microsoft services, your PC won't boot.

Clean Boot instructions from Microsoft:

How to perform a clean boot in Windows - Microsoft Support

Describes how to use the clean boot process to troubleshoot a problem in Windows

support.microsoft.com

- If you don't have the issue after the Clean Boot, then one of the apps/services you disable is the issue. Go back and re-enable a few at a time to determine which one is causing the issue. Take your time doing this.
- If the issue persists with a clean boot, re-enable all Services/Startup programs and try Safe Mode next.

To enter Safe Mode run msconfig.exe and check the box (Boot tab / Safe Boot + Minimal). Does the issue still exist in Safe Mode?
- If "yes", then the issue is probably a hardware one (maybe motherboard connection? Try a different port if possible).
- If "no", then it's likely a software issue. Clean Boot (above) should have caught it.