Adjust the Double-Click Speed of the Mouse
You can adjust the double-click speed of the mouse to make it respond faster or slower to meet your accessibility needs. This procedure tells you how to adjust the double-click speed of the mouse through Mouse Properties in Control Panel.
1 | On the Start menu: | Display the Start menu by pressing CTRL+ESC (or the Windows logo key  ). | • | Select Control Panel by pressing C. |
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2 | In Control Panel: | • | Be sure you are in Classic View (all Control Panel icons are showing). | | • | If not, under Control Panel in the left pane, select Switch to Classic View. | | • | Select Mouse. |
| In Control Panel: | • | Be sure you are in Classic View (all Control Panel icons are showing). | | • | If not, under Control Panel in the left pane, select Switch to Classic View by pressing TAB. | | • | Press ENTER. | | • | Move to Mouse by pressing the arrow keys. | | • | Press ENTER. |
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3 | In the Mouse Properties dialog box, on the Buttons tab, under Double–click speed: | • | Select the double–click speed you want by moving the Speed slider arrow left for slower and right for faster. | | • | Select OK. |
| In the Mouse Properties dialog box, on the Buttons tab, under Double–click speed: | • | Move to the Speed slider by pressing D. | | • | Select the speed you want by moving the slider arrow with the RIGHT ARROW and LEFT ARROW. | | • | Press ENTER. |
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4 | To close Control Panel: | • | Select the Close button. |
| To close Control Panel: |
Control Panel: Mouse: Buttons tab: Double–click speed
