Mouse wheel scroll solution in XP

[Relates to Microsoft operating systems]

Here is an XP solution for automatically setting your external mouse scroll wheel/lines to another number other than "1" at bootup.

For this example we set the scroll lines to 8 and make two text files using notepad.

1) Open notepad and paste the following 4 lines (leave the empty line in):

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop]
"WheelScrollLines"="8"

2) Using SAVE AS, save the file as WHEEL.REG in your C:\ folder. After saving, leave notepad open.

3) Still within Notepad, delete the entire contents of this file and paste the following:
c:\windows\regedit.exe /s c:\wheel.reg

4) Using SAVE AS, save the file as SCROLL.BAT in your C:\ folder. After saving, close notepad.

5) Create a shortcut of scroll.bat and put it in your Startup folder found in your All Programs list.

Reboot and your external mouse will now scroll 8 lines per click. You can adjust the number from 8 and/or the location of the files, but remember to modify the SCROLL.BAT file to match.

As always, create a proper registry backup prior to any registry editing.

ZT3000
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