#Mouse deselects active window windows 10#
#Mouse deselects active window software#
#Mouse deselects active window windows#

It's as if there is a large invisible layer on top of all windows and left click selects it (deselecting everything else).ДЄs others have said, opening and closing task manager fixes the problem.ДЄs my mouse still works and left clicks are causing things to happen I can't blame my mouse hardware/software as my inputs are recognised. But left clicking on the desktop itself does nothing.ДЄlso, if I open a window from the start menu with tab/directional keys and enter, then left click on the window it deselects the window as others have said. I can also leftclick and drag to make a selection box. I can however rightclick on the desktop and leftclick in the menu it opens. I can't click on anything in Windows from startup -can't left or right click the taskbar or start menu.

#Mouse deselects active window windows 10#

After that I've had no problems like this at all.Same problem here on Windows 10 just started happening yesterday and very annoying. I believe the problem originally fixed itself but I did later reinstall Google Chrome to get rid of the problems with it. I marked Washell's answer as the topic answer, because those are the things that come to my mind. I believe it was a malware for me, although the malware was mostly affecting my browser (Google Chrome). Originally posted by Yinitzu:This has been going on for about a month or so. Getting a bill in the mail for a maxed out credit card is even less fun when you're not the one who spent the money. I wouldn't actually do a workaround like the above article unless you're 100% sure it isn't malware but just a weird glitch specific to your PC. The more complex way would be to use AV/antimalware tools to see if you can track down the actual culprit, or a tool like the windows focus logger [to see if it identifies to process working through steam.exe. The simplest way to fix this is to backup your data, taking care to exclude scripts, executables and documents with potential scripts you got from the internet, and then re-install the PC.

#Mouse deselects active window software#

The steam client in itself though is 10% client and 90% browser, which means there's plenty of potential for malicious software both in- and outside the Steam folder to hi-jack things. These forums would be absolutely flooded with complaints if it did. Steam, as shipped by Valve, does not do this. Greetings, I am the Body a microsoft wire keyboard/mouse combo. Hello Seanmd81 Try this fix to prevent is running XP with SP3. You should follow their instructions, as this is what I consider the most likely issue. More info on Win X Current window deselects REKOMMENDERAD: Klicka hГ¤r fГ¶r att ГҐtgГ¤rda Windows-fel och optimera systemets prestanda. Marked Washell's answer as the topic answer. I also can't open Steam in-game browser, look at people's profiles on the client, or access anything else, but my Library. The second I shut it down, it stops doing that.

No it's impossible, as this problem only occurs when I open Steam. Besides I like to play games with that setting, so I'd like to get this working.ДЄnd before pointing out any obvious things like the keyboard problems or interfering programs. Writing this thread was a nightmare and I'd need to have Steam open while playing games like Unturned, which only support fullscreen borderless. I've tried changing my keyboard and mouse, reinstalling all possible drivers, shutting down every background program and clearing my temp folders etc. CommandDescriptionShortcutCopy URL for active tabCopy the URL for the tab thatвЂ™s in focusWindows: Ctrl+c, then sma. It has started doing this about a month ago and it's still going on. If I turn on Steam, it does it for example in Google Chrome, Discord, Steam itself, on games on any platform (Origin, Steam, uPlay, although this only occurs if the games are not on fullscreen).

This has been going on for about a month or so.Д«asically the problem is, that Steam is deselecting my active window, regardless if it's linked to Steam or not.