Mouse clicks acting bizarre

My Logitech M510, which is only a few months old, at most, has started acting odd. A lot of times, I would click something, and the system would react as if I clicked twice. And if I'm highlighting text, it jumps around, even though I'm holding down the button firmly but gently. This is the second mouse this has happened with. I have a wired gaming mouse that's several years old, which started doing this a while back, on an older install of Windows, and I bought this M510 thinking the contacts in the old Drakonia were wearing down. Well, the M510 was working fine, then today I noticed it was "double-clicking" on itself. I really think this is just a software or driver issue, because it works fine on other PCs and devices I've used it with, and I've run Linux as well, and I didn't have this issue at all. It seems to only happen in Windows 10, and usually after a couple months after I've freshly installed it.

Hi,

This is not a driver or Windows issue. It's a (cheap) micro switch problem because of static electricity.
Just google your problem and you'll find out a lot... You may also go to Logitech forum or support.

When I was having the same issue, I was opening the device and using a cleaning spray for micro switches, I had a nice working mouse for a couple of months or more. Then again and again...
Unfortunately, that's Logitech...

P S: There is a very small app which had worked fine here, called "Left Mouse Button Fix"

Unfortunately that only catches half of the clicks, so it's still doing it a lot, just not all the time now.

And I don't think it's a static electricity issue. As stated, this only happens on my Windows 10 PC. It works fine on a Windows 7 PC, as well as on various other devices I've tested it on that are compatible with it.

Yes, but I think you knew about the reason, 7 months before.:)

GuyInDogSuit /19 Aug 2017 said:

I bought a $20 wireless one and it's working fine.
It was weird that my old one was working great in Mint, but not in Win10. Definitely a driver issue.

It took me many days of searching and testing on my two previous Logitech (MX Master) and one day I realized that I had two choices. First, buy a new one and second, the cleaning spray.

Have a nice day!

Slowing click speed may help:

Well, I still don't understand what you mean by "cleaning spray." What spray? And where am I supposed to spray it?

GuyInDogSuit said:

Well, I still don't understand what you mean by "cleaning spray." What spray? And where am I supposed to spray it?

Contact cleaning and lubricating spray, an good electronics store should have it. Something like this: Electrical Contact Cleaner Spray Lubricants | High Purity

werby said:

Unfortunately, it doesn't help at all.
Actually, what makes the device useless, is the selection function. If you try to select a text, many files or drag something, having button constantly pushed, it performs many clicks, driving to a hell, loosing files and works.
It's an "ancient" problem with those micro switches.

Some the problems as you described with Notebooks/Laptops can be attributed to having an external mouse being used and the Touchpad still active. I help older folks in learning how to turn the Touchpad off, helps keep wandering thumbs from making unintentional moves.

CountMike said:

Contact cleaning and lubricating spray, an good electronics store should have it. Something like this: Electrical Contact Cleaner Spray Lubricants | High Purity

But where do I spray it?