Disable mouse hover

Type Ease of Access in Start or Control Panel>Ease of Access. Click on ''Make the mouse easier to use'' deselect the box that says "Activate a window by hovering over it with the mouse"

Funkyecat said:

That is the standard answer. The box has been unchecked since installation but the doesn't change a thing whether checked or unchecked. (Some people have found that it stopped when checking).

So have you checked it to see if it stops?

Do a SFC /SCANNOW Command - System File Checker and restart after it finds things.

I believe part of the problem here is trying to understand exactly what you, (Funkyecat) mean by activates.

Your answer here only serves to confuse the matter.

Funkyecat said:

Been there. It has nothing to do with hovering.

If you prefer the single click option it certainly does have a lot to do with it.


If you are trying to stop the behaviour shown in the example shown here: Single-Click Mode Point to Select - Enable or Disable

Either use Option One, step 2 or Option Two, step 4 to disable the behaviour.

This is the thread Brink gave credit to masfi for thinking of creating the above tutorial: How to Disable Hover-to-Select with Single-Click Mode?

If that is still not what you are looking for there is more discussion here. With this one you would have to reverse engineer to dis-able: Mouse Hover Makes Window Active - Enable

If what you are trying to do is defeat the highlighting of what you hover or point at you will have to use a different theme than Aero.

If none of my suggestions are even close you the OP will have to be more descriptive in what you mean by activates.