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Old 10-20-2008   #1 (permalink)


Vista Home Premium 64 bit SP1
 
 

mousewheel.ocx

Anyone notice an activex named mousewheel.ocx with a modification date of
August 31 2008 on your system? All it has in resource info is a version number
of 1.0.0.25 No company info.

I see it on both my Vista and XP machines and I'm not sure how it got there.
It's in the \Windows\system32 folder. I did Unregister Server on it and I don't see any difference. Doesn't seem to do anything. Mouse wheel works afaik.


Last edited by MilesAhead; 10-20-2008 at 06:13 PM.. Reason: more info
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Old 10-20-2008   #2 (permalink)


VISTA HOME PREMIUM X64/ 7 x64 / 7x86
 
 

Re: mousewheel.ocx

Hi,

No, haven't got that - must be to do with the mouse you are using?

SIW2
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Old 10-20-2008   #3 (permalink)


Windows 7 Professional 64-bit
 
 

Re: mousewheel.ocx

Might be worth uninstalling the driver, making sure that file is gone and grabbing the latest driver version from their website.
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Old 10-23-2008   #4 (permalink)


Vista Home Premium 64 bit SP1
 
 

Re: mousewheel.ocx

Thanks for the replies. I found it. In case anyone is curious, DVD Flick installs it.
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Old 10-23-2008   #5 (permalink)


VISTA HOME PREMIUM X64/ 7 x64 / 7x86
 
 

Re: mousewheel.ocx

Any idea what dvdflick uses it for ?

SIW2
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Old 10-28-2008   #6 (permalink)


Vista Home Premium 64 bit SP1
 
 

Re: mousewheel.ocx

Quote  Quote: Originally Posted by SIW2 View Post
Any idea what dvdflick uses it for ?

SIW2
DVD Flick installs a few things for mouse for some reason. But I haven't delved into the nitty gritty.
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Old 10-29-2008   #7 (permalink)


Vista Ultimate x64 Service Pack1
 
 

Re: mousewheel.ocx

I have used a mouswheel.ocx file from Microsoft and also there is code to use if you are in an environment that does not alow you to register an ActiveX control.

More specifics:
What this does in programs written in MS office apps that involve the use of a database and recordsets the mouse wheel by default will cycle thru the records. This is a pain if you are editing records or even previewing them because alot of people have the habit of playing with the wheel. When you scroll off a record it is automatically saved and this can cause errors if all the information is not correct. There is no way to disable this without the use of this ocx file or the code itself incorporated into your program.

An ocx file is an ActiveX control that can be registered and used in programs and web pages. This is the file with code, clsid and other pertinent information.

I hope this was some help as this is the first reply I felt comfortable with since joining this forum.

Last edited by BruBern; 10-29-2008 at 06:13 PM.. Reason: Fat fingered and didn't finish writing the post.
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