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From: David Brooks <applefanboy@btinternet.com>
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Subject: Re: Another tale of Windows idiocy: the mouse scroll wheel.
Date: Tue, 2 Apr 2024 09:27:56 +0100
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On 02/04/2024 01:45, Alan wrote:
> I'm sitting here, forced to use a Windows desktop (and I'm remembering 
> all over how terribly UGLY Windows is) while I wait for migration to 
> complete on my new M3 MacBook Air, and I thought I would reverse the 
> scrolling direction on the mouse to be more like what I'm used to.
> 
> Now, honestly, I'm quite adaptable as I work with lots of different 
> systems, and have to simply roll with whatever my client at any moment 
> uses, but...
> 
> ...I assumed this would be an obvious control to have somewhere in the 
> broken mess that is Settings and Control Panel mouse settings.
> 
> I opened Settings...
> 
> ...checked the various things you change about the mouse there...
> 
> ...and... ...nothing. Nothing useful to this case anyway.
> 
> Then I remembered that Microsoft's settings for the mouse are 
> idiotically broken across two different interfaces, so I checked Control 
> Panel...
> 
> ...and still nothing.
> 
> So I check online and would you look at that:
> 
> The only solution to changing the scrolling direction of the mouse in 
> Windows is...
> 
> ...TO CHANGE THE REGISTRY!

I found this - it confirms what you claim!

https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/all/reverse-mouse-wheel-scroll/657c4537-f346-4b8b-99f8-9e1f52cd94c2

It also provides a solution.

=

Is you M3 MacBook Air now 'up and running'?