Mouse back&forward buttons swapped

[Kantastic]

I picked up a cheap mouse during my time in China this summer for like $5. What drew me to it was the brand and the shape; it was a Sony-branded Razer DeathAdder replica. While I knew that was all bullshit and that there wouldn't be a quality sensor or superb craftsmanship, I thought my folks would enjoy the ergonomic shape over their current Wheel Mouse Optical.

Anyway, I was testing it out today and lo and behold, the damn side buttons are switched. The back button takes me forward and vice versa. I can't change it in Windows' mouse properties as it's not a Microsoft mouse, and the mouse didn't come with software.

Is there a registry tweak to fix this?

 

[erocker]

I don't think there are values in the registry for it. You could always try opening the mouse up and switching the wires (if there are any) that go to the buttons.

 

[xBruce88x]

is there a model number on it?

 

[Kantastic]

The box is Sony Vaio-branded, the mouse itself is DeathAdder-shaped, and the model number is M518.

The last thing I want to do is take it apart because, given the notorious quality of off-brand Chinese products, the casing will probably break.

 

[qubit]

See, serves ya right for buying a fake-branded mouse.

But seriously, the standard Windows control panel for the mouse allows you to switch the buttons. It's a standard feature and works with any brand of mouse.

 

[Kantastic]

See, serves ya right for buying a fake-branded mouse.

But seriously, the standard Windows control panel for the mouse allows you to switch the buttons. It's a standard feature and works with any brand of mouse.

It's grayed out and tells me I don't have a Microsoft mouse installed.

 

[Batou1986]

Try this http://www.autohotkey.com/forum/topic48238.html

I just tested it on my real death adder W7 x64
To get it to work just ignore the whole 2 mouse setup bit when it launches
Rclick on the icon in the taskbar>advanced>swap windows setting, when the box pops up click yes

That should do it if not try the same thing only with chose "swap registry setting", to undo it repeat the process.
You can also close the program when your done.

 

[Kantastic]

The program doesn't do anything to buttons 4 and 5, only the primary left/right clicks. Maybe I'm doing it wrong?

Edit: I normally wanted to keep things within Windows, but I decided it wasn't worth the effort and downloaded a software called X-Mouse Button Control (v2.2). It worked like a charm!