Muose how to disable the click and drag selection area

fronterio · 24 Jul 2013

Hi to everyone
when you left click and drag the mouse on desktop you can see a blu area (see attached)
Is there a way to disable this on windows 7?

Thanks in advance

Bongo · 24 Jul 2013

Welcome to the Seven Forums

Click on the Start button

and on the right side of the Start menu right-click on Computer and click on properties.

After the window opens up click on Advanced system settings.

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Make sure you are on Advanced tab and click on the Settings button for Performance.

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Uncheck Show translucent selection rectangle then Apply and OK your way out.

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Jerry

fronterio · 25 Jul 2013

Hi Jerry thanks very much for your help,
i tried what you say and in this way i only disable the blue area but i still have the selection of the dektop objects when i click and drag the pointer. Is there a way to completely disable this function?
Thanks a lot

fronterio · 25 Jul 2013

ok I found a way to fix it
in the registry HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop
there are 2 keys:
Drag Heith
Drag Width
If you put 2 values higher then the screen resolution the drag area wil not appear.
Hope this will be helpfull for other users.
Bye :)

Bongo · 25 Jul 2013

You're welcome, and thank you for explaining what you did.

Jerry