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How do you disable the wheel mouse button in Windows 7 so that it does not bring up the task switcher

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When I am in Chrome (Or IE8), and I want to open a link in a new tab, I'm used to using the middle (wheel) button. With Windows 7, click on the mouse wheel brings up the Task Switcher, but I would rather that it still work in Chrome and IE8 like before. How do I disable (or change) the wheel click …

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Fix for: How do you disable the wheel mouse button in Windows 7 so that it does not bring up the task switcher

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On my Win7 machine clicking the mouse wheel does nothing. So this is probably done by the software that came with your mouse. I suggest that you go to Control Panel / Mouse and find where you can change the behavior of the wheel button. You should s…

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