How to turn off mouse hover auto click when over a link on a web page

I discovered after much reading and trials and errors on many things that all of the mouse issues I have struggled with since installing the Windows 10 Anniversary Update version 1607 that the issue had nothing at all to do with the operating system and turned out to have been caused by the Logitech mouse software titled Setpoint version 6.67.83_64 all along! As soon as I uninstalled this software all my mouse issues went away and have not returned. It was doing crazy things like opening 2 tabs at once when I clicked a link, closing more than one tab when I closed one and sometimes closing the entire web browser. Auto clicking links I just pointed at although the mouse setting was turned off in the Window's Control Panel for it to do that. Anyway, it's fixed now and no more Setpoint Logitech mouse software is on my PC. Soooo thankful I finally discovered the cause because it was driving me nuts! Thanks for your reply triton2007, but that wasn't the cause of my issue. Thankfully I found it though and fixed it by removing the Setpoint mouse software. My very best regards! :)

triton2007 said:

try this settings devices than auto play all media turn it off seems to stop it

To get to the old style Control Panel in Windows 10, type "Control Panel" into the "Search the web and Windows" box.
Then click "Ease of Access", then "Ease of Access Center", then "Change how your mouse works" and you will find the setting you are looking for. Un-click the "Activate a window by hovering over it with the mouse".

So, when I uncheck this option, after every reboot it get re-enabled. Any idea what might be re-enabling this? Not a huge deal but it is a nuisance to deal with after ever reboot. I don't need the hover option to be enabled. Thanks.

dalchina said:

It sounds like the change isn't being written to the registry hive when you shut down.

Any idea how to force it?

dalchina said:

Did you actually click 'Apply'?

Yep, every time!

So here I am again with a new computer I got for Christmas with the same question. Nothing suggested here works to get rid of this hover click problem. I had just quit using the ASUS computer after not fixing the problem and went back to my old Toshiba. Well now I have this super great HP and really need to find the way to fix this annoying problem! You would think by now Windows 10 would be addressing this issue! It happens in Edge and Firefox, so don't know what to think. Uggggg.

OK, so I believe I found it. Just was in a different place now. Devices, mouse properties, additional options, touchpad (on HP says ELAN and not touchpad), options, then unclick the one click option. Just harder to find it now than before. Happy surfing everyone!