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Saturday, 15 August 2009

New tool: SetPoint Application-Override Nuker

SetPointAppOverrideNuker is a standalone program which can be used to modify the configuration files for Logitech's SetPoint mouse-driver software.

The program will permanently remove all application override settings from the configuration files so that your mouse configuration is the same in all applications.

This is needed due to a bug in SetPoint where you can remove the default application overrides using the SetPoint GUI but you will find that they come back after a reboot. (At least sometimes. It may only happen if you have certain apps installed which SetPoint recognises.) For example, before using the nuker my MX Revolution would switch back to using smooth-wheel scrolling with Internet Explorer and would ignore my mouse button customizations when in Outlook.

Inexplicably, this despicable bug has existed in SetPoint for at least three years. I used to edit the config files by hand but I got sick of doing that every time I updated SetPoint or installed a new machine. I thought other people may find an automated tool useful as well.

Full details, download and C++ source at my main site:

http://www.pretentiousname.com/setpoint_aon/index.html

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