How to make Microsoft Arc Touch Mouse middle-click on single touch

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I've just got my Arc Touch Mouse. It has a touch panel instead of the wheel.

By default you can scroll by swiping your finger on the touch panel. Tapping ends of the panel sends Page Up and Page Down and double tapping in the middle of the panel acts as middle click.

The last one is irritating. I use middle click quite often and I don't like that I have to double tap specific area for a single click, especially when I want to click multiple times in a row. I know that I can disable Page Up/Down in Microsoft Mouse and Keyboard Center, but it won't let me to configure single tap for middle click.

Googling yielded nothing useful. I don't find AHK workaround comfortable.

Is it possible to enable single tap middle click, preferably enable entire touch surface? Please note that I'm talking about MS Arc Touch Mouse, not MS Touch Mouse (which doesn't have middle button at all). This is the one I have:

Microsoft Arc Touch Mouse

Clarification, because I'm getting a lot of answers about remapping buttons:

Remapping is possible with the software that Microsoft provides. The problem is that for the computer to detect middle click, you have to double tap the touch panel on mouse. Computer doesn't seem to even be aware of single taps.

TL;DR: By default, to middle-click you have to tap twice. I want to tap once.

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It is probably too late to answer five years after asking... There is an option now that is documented and supported by MS to simulate a standard middle click with one tap using Three Finger Click. Not sure it was an option that times. Also not sure it is much more comfortable to perform a single tap with three finger rather than double tap anything. But hope it helps those who stumble upon this answer. It just works and supported.

All you need for this is two following steps (no reboot):

Download and install Mouse and Keyboard Center of MS
Set Three Finger Click to Middle-click (as it is disabled by default)

I've found the answer here in the forum post of 2018 in MS Community.

This is how this setting looks like:

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Autohotkey is a light solution, with the script:

*MButton::SendInput {Click 2}

You can even compile it to an executable, which weighs about 200KB in disk space and 2.2MB¹ in memory. It's also quite easy to add to startup, and is portable.

I personally prefer to use X-Mouse Button Control due to ease of configuration. Simply assign the Middle Button to Double Click Drag. The advantage is it keeps the second click held as long as the middle button is held, which ensures greater compatibility - it should perform exactly the same way as double clicking normally.

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It's possible to simulate such an action in AHK, but more difficult - if you wish for such an AHK solution, you can let me know in a comment. The above AHK script will not respond correctly to holding the button down - it will simply double click and release.

X-Mouse Button Control weighs about 3MB in disk space and 3MB¹ in memory. It is also optionally portable.

Both AHK and XMBC can accomplish this, and both can be set to have application specific profiles. XMBC is more intuitive, if you wish to modify other mouse buttons without having to learn a scripting language, while AHK is undoubtedly more powerful. ^{Both AHK and XMBC can simulate chains of keypresses, but AHK allows for more complex operations and decision making.}

As an aside, AHK will trip PunkBuster (a certain anti-cheating system used by quite a few games), while XMBC will not - at least, at the moment.

¹The memory usage is on my computer, Windows 7 x64. It may vary slightly from computer to computer, but the variation shouldn't be much.

Windows – How to disable the middle mouse button click

Most mice are easily disassembled and fixed; I've done so more than once.

You will need a small screwdriver (e.g. those in eyeglass repair kits) and fine-tipped tweezers. Find an assembly diagram for the particular model, or just look for a screw or two on the bottom, sometimes hidden by a label or underneath PTFE pads (used to make the mouse glide better).

Remove the screw(s) and gently, slowly pry top from bottom, being careful not to drop loose parts inside -- note where the parts go, such as between button and microswitch.

If the middle mouse switch has an open spring, carefully bend the spring so it presses up against the wheel a bit harder. Alternatively, push a bit of springy closed-cell plastic foam between the switch and wheel so as to increase the force needed to depress the switch.

Reassemble and test.

This is far more satisfactory than disabling a useful switch.

However, you can disable the switch in hardware, if you must: use the tweezers to repeatedly bend and finally break off a wire going to the wheel switch. This "fix" will work with all computers and all OS's.

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