Fixing The G9x

A while ago, my mouse, the G9x, started acting up when left clicking. It would appear to have double clicked, even though I hadn’t removed my finger from the button. Seems like this problem is common with Logitech and Razor mice, the Omron switches just don’t hold up that well or the copper contacts get dirty, and they start to fail.

The problem is extremely annoying due to the function of double clicks on different items in Windows. Occasionally while dragging a window by the titlebar, it would just expand to the maximized view. I also had problems with the Nvidia installer (this was the last straw), where two consecutive times the mouse double clicked the “Next” button on the installer, skipping past the custom install screen.

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