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From: stern@ims.alaska.edu (Pete Stern)
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.desqview
Subject: Re: How to revive mouse in a DOS window?
Message-ID: <1991Jun13.074646.20386@ims.alaska.edu>
Date: 13 Jun 91 07:46:46 GMT
Article-I.D.: ims.1991Jun13.074646.20386
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> 
> I saw on some board (Microsoft's BBS??) that there is a new version of
> the mouse driver (version 8).  Have you tried using this one (I haven't
> myself, so I have no idea whether or not it would work).
> 
> You can bring up the DV menu with your mouse after it's dead?  When my
> mouse "pointer" has disappeared, the mouse is essentially dead in that
> window unless I press <DESQ> (<ALT>) to pop it up first.
> 
I am using a Logitech mouse so the microsoft driver would not do
me any good. When the mouse dies it really dies including the
ability to bring up the Desq menu. I have to do that from the
keyboard. When I reopen the window everything works normally.

pete


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