I am using Windows 7 x64 on an iMac (via BootCamp) with the button-less Magic Mouse that comes with the iMac. I would like to disable the horizontal scrolling that happens when you move slightly the finger horizontally while doing a vertical scrolling.
In the Control Panel, Mouse section, Wheel tab, Horizontal Scrolling section, the minimum value that you can enter is 1, not 0. Is there a way (in the Registry) to disable horizontal scrolling using the mouse wheel? Or to set that value to 0 to see if it does the trick?
Notice that this is a Windows specific question, not Mac OSX or Apple or Magic Mouse question, it can apply to any mouse in Windows whose wheel supports horizontal scrolling apart from vertical scrolling.
Best Answer
I prevoiusly had such a problem but not on iMac and on a x86 and with the following trick it solved.
The registry values that are related to this are in
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\DesktopHere there are two String Values:
WheelScrollLinesfor vertical scrolling andWheelScrollCharsfor horizontal scrolling.You can set the value of them to
0to disable theme.A log off may be needed.
But notice that as I experienced if you go to the Control Panel > Mouse section > Wheel tab they will be enabled again, even without confirming the window.
I hope help you.