X-Mouse Button Control

X-Mouse Button Control is a windows application to remap your mouse buttons.

This software was orriginally designed and written for Microsoft Windows XP/2003 and later x64 editions but I have also, from version 1.5, built a 32bit version that supports all 32bit versions of windows from Windows 2000. The installation kit determins which OS you are running and therefore which version to install automatically.

You are able to provide an application specific mappings, which means one application can use the mouse differently from another. This is useful for games which do not inherently support the extended mouse buttons, because you can map keys to each button.

What's more, the list of functions available to map to is somewhat more comprehensive than the 32bit MS Intellimouse Software can handle, including things like:

Copy/Cut/Paste

Volume Up/Down/Mute

Media Player control

Send a custom keystroke sequence

Launch your email (or any other) application.

Capture screen (or active window) image to clipboard.

Click-Drag [Sticky Buttons].

Save and restore desktop icon positions.

Vista (and Windows 7) support including some Vista/7 only featurs such as 'Flip 3D'.

Please note, whilst the 32bit version will work on Windows XP 32 and 64bit editions, the 64bit version will only work on Windows x64 edition. This is handled automatically during installation so there is nothing to worry about.

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If you have problems installing, read the FAQ on the forums and if that does not help, you can PM me on my forum or email me.

NOTE: From version 1.47, there is a single distribution that contains both the 64bit (x64) and 32bit (x86) versions. The installer determins which is required at installation time.

Installation/Upgrade Information:

As of version 1.47 the upgrade installation will automatically close XMBC and the launcher service (if it is running) so you do not need to remove the old version before installing the latest.

By default, XMouse Button Control is configured to run automatically when you log on to Windows.

Requirements:

A mouse and driver that supports 5 buttons. NOTE: If your mouse has 5 buttons but the 4th and 5th buttons don't do anything in XP64 by default - this probably wont work for you. This software relies on the driver to send the default 4th and 5th mouse button messages which in XP64 default to BACK/NEXT in IE. Actually, a 2 or 3 button mouse can be customised but is there any point?!
Windows 2000/XP/2003/Vista/2008/7. X-Mouse Button Control supports both 32bit (x86) and 64bit (x64) editions of Windows XP and later.

FAQs

I have moved all the FAQ's to the forum to keep things consistant. Please take a look at this thread
Please be aware that i have had many requests for XMouse but unfortunately I have also have far less time these days to look into it.
I am primarily focusing on bugs that stop current functionality working rather than adding new functionality.
If your question is not answered in the FAQ , please take a look through the forums and see if your question has been asked there. If not, sign up and ask away!

Screenshots:

Contact:

Contact me if you have any questions/queries.

Preferably, sign up and discuss any problems in the Highrez Support Forums

Alternatively you can contact me at the Planet AMD64 website and forums. My PAMD64 username is PhilG

As a last resort, you can try emailing me at

but PLEASE be aware that my anti-spam is set quite high so if you don't get a reply PM me on my forum OR PlanetAMD64!!

The Author makes no guarantee that this software is free from bugs and will not harm your system.
However, the author actively runs this software on several machines and windows versions. All downloads are checked for know viruses.

Last Updated: 3rd February 2010.