I want to remap the side buttons on my mouse to act as ctrl and alt. any geeks here that can help another geek out? I spent half a day looking for a solution with no luck.

 

You could probably write a mouse hook to catch the mouse clicks and generate VK_CTRL and VK_MENU messages. I've done a keyboard hook that's sort of like that, but don't have (and haven't worked with) an IntelliMouse, so sorry, no help there. =(

 

Just use the program that the mouse came with. The program is called Intellipoint and you can download it from one of those non-pirated program websites.

 

knowing Josh, it's probably not Windows.

 

it's XP. but i found a workaround

 

Josh, I'm not sure what your workaround is, but if you download the latest Microsoft Intellipoint drivers, it can be done easily:
http://www.microsoft.com/hardware/mouse/download.asp

 

i tried it...but the ones for xp wouldn't do it.

 

if i recall the software wouldn't let me do arbitrary keys, like ctrl or alt.

 

Yes, the software allows you to use those keys. I am looking at it right now.

 

Unabageler, I like your new avatar.


if i recall the software wouldn't let me do arbitrary keys, like ctrl or alt.

Make sure you map in the [DEL] key also!