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Magic Mouse Guide for Windows 7 and Vista,,,

Hello All,

I recieved my Magic Mouse and it works great under OSX but I couldn't get it working under Windows at all. Searching here and around the web, I've compiled a guide on how I got it working. Hopefully, Apple will release proper drivers in the future but for now, here is what I did:

Turn mouse off...if you have already tried installing, remove the device and then turn the mouse off. To remove it, open Start, type "Devices" and press enter. Select "remove device"...Now let's get started:

1) Update the Bluetooth Driver.
Open Device Manager.
Start > (Right Click Computer) > Properties. Click Device Manager in upper left of this window. Double click (Bluetooth Radios), Right click on "Generic Bluetooth" and select "Properties". Open the Driver tab and then select "Update Driver". Click "Browse my computer for driver software". On the next screen, towards the bottom, click on "Let me pick from a list of device drivers...". Uncheck "Show compatible hardware". Select "Apple" and then "Apple built in bluetooth". Done

2)In the notification area of the task bar, right click on Bluetooth icon and select "Add a device". Turn on your mouse. It will show up on screen. Right click on the mouse icon. Select Properties. Select the "Services" tab and check the "Drivers for keyboard, mice, etc". The mouse may disappear from the screen since it's been added. Windows is still looking for other devices so click "Cancel".

3) Disable power management for Bluetooth Radio. Open device manager, open Bluetooth Radios and right click on "Apple Bluetooth". Select the "Power Management". Uncheck "Allow the computer to turn off this device to save power".

4) Reboot computer. Mouse should be working in Windows 7/Vista now.

* If you reboot and your mouse is still not working, click on the mouse two or three times. On my system, the mouse will not begin working until I do this, every time I boot my system. *

Hope this helps,

Al

Macbook Pro 13", Mac OS X (10.6.1)

Posted on Nov 3, 2009 4:13 PM

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Posted on Nov 5, 2009 1:42 AM

i have connected magic mouse on the first attempt to my mbp with win7 32bit bc.

left/right click ok, but no scrolling ..
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Mar 6, 2012 4:52 AM in response to Kermode

I tried to follow steps given by Kermode, however i'm not sure which folder (BootCamp????ToBootCamp????) to choose when using UPDATE32~ because he only indicated for 64bit OS

and when i tried to use below folders it still did not enable scroll function.


BootCamp3279aToBootCamp3272

BootCamp3279ToBootCamp3271


I also tried using software provided by user trackpadcontrol

found on http://www.trackpadmagic.com it also did not enable touch scroll for my mouse 😟

any help would be greatly appreciated.


I'm using a Dell Latitude E5420,

Windows XP Professional 2002 SP3

Intel Core i5-250M 2.50GHz


Jun 26, 2012 3:16 PM in response to Al Loper

I have honestly tried everything and nothing works at all... I have a macbook from I believe 2009 or so, the model number is A1181 and I have about one million issues. I run Windows 7 through bootcamp and some examples of issues are magic mouse not working at all, i-sight is extremly laggy, trackpad on normal laptop and not a mouse ***** I honestly have no idea what to do. My dad has tried to work with me on it but we are both windows people and have no clue how to do anything with macs or apple software/hardware. Please help me.

Computer- Windows 7 32 bit Intel Core 2 Duo 2.13 GHz

2.GB RAM Macbook A1181

Nov 3, 2012 6:43 AM in response to Al Loper

I'm still trying to get my Magic Mouse to be recognized by Win7. I can get to the point of installing BlueTooth and adding a device but I can't right click on the Magic Mouse icon when it is found. YES, I have a second mouse pluged in and my right click does work in other areas of Windows. So since I can't right click I can't set the rest of the properties that are needed. When I say cancel and go back to trying to add a device the Magic Mouse no longer shows up. Back to square one.


Can any one suggest another avenue to get this working for me. Next step will be to ditch the Magic Mouse and get a decent 3 button I don't know if Blue Tooth will work with that either.

Mar 19, 2013 8:31 AM in response to nomaspc

Solution to disable horizontal scrolling on Magic Mouse in Windows 7

I use MagicMouse on iMac with Windows 7 running (installed through BootCamp). Got sick of annoying horizontal scrolling. The solution described above has helped me to disable it. Here is what I've done in steps:
1) go to http://www.autohotkey.com/ and download an app (a script editor).
2) Install and run the program - please note that it will not open as it runs in the background
3) Rightclick on the desktop -> choose "New" -> "AutoHotkey Script" (a new script file will be created on the desktop) -> name it as you wish (e.g. "Mouse_HScroll")
4) Rightclick on the file you've just created and choose "Edit Script" from the menu.
5) Add these three lines below existing text in the file:
WheelLeft::return
WheelRight::return
#MaxHotkeysPerInterval 5000
6) Save file
7) Run "Convert .ahk to .exe" program from the package installed earlier and browse the file you've just created, hit ">Convert<" -> .exe file should be created. Run this file -> the scrolling should be disabled now.
7) You may wish to move this file to Start/"Autorun" folder, so it would be launched automatically each time you reboot your Mac/PC.

Hope this helps! Good Luck

Mar 30, 2013 9:57 PM in response to Ra1n

I had a lot of trouble getting the Magic Mouse to work on a HP dm4-3055dx. I worked on it for a few hours, followed the directions in the original post and tried a few other things, including downloading the latest bluetooth drivers from HP. Thing that worked like a charm was the site mentioned a few posts back: http://www.trackpadmagic.com/magic-mouse/home I know I sound like a sales person for them but I'm not. It's free, anyway.


Hope this helps.

Nov 13, 2013 8:44 AM in response to Ra1n

Thanks much for the recommendation of AutoHotKey. I HATE the mouse scroll in certain applications, and was glad to find a way to shut it off, yet have it work in other apps. Hope somebody else can use my code below.


GroupAdd,WEnable,ahk_class MozillaWindowClass ;Firefox

GroupAdd,WEnable,ahk_class Chrome_WidgetWin_1 ;Google Chrome

GroupAdd,WEnable,ahk_class IEFrame ;IE

GroupAdd,WEnable,ahk_class Notepad++

GroupAdd,WEnable,ahk_class rctrl_renwnd32 ;outlook

GroupAdd,WEnable,ahk_class OpusApp ;word

GroupAdd,WEnable,ahk_class AcrobatSDIWindow ;acrobat

GroupAdd,WEnable,ahk_class PPTFrameClass ;powerpoint


#IfWinNotActive,ahk_group WEnable

WheelDown::

WheelUp::

WheelLeft::

WheelRight::

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