Mouse Acceleration¶
Last Updated: 2024-08-07
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Description¶
If Enabled then Cursor movement is affected by the speed of your physical mouse movements.
Preview Code
{
"Content": "Mouse Acceleration",
"Description": "If Enabled then Cursor movement is affected by the speed of your physical mouse movements.",
"category": "Customize Preferences",
"panel": "2",
"Order": "a107_",
"Type": "Toggle",
"link": "https://christitustech.github.io/winutil/dev/tweaks/Customize-Preferences/MouseAcceleration"
}
Function: Invoke-WinUtilMouseAcceleration¶
Function Invoke-WinUtilMouseAcceleration {
<#
.SYNOPSIS
Enables/Disables Mouse Acceleration
.PARAMETER DarkMoveEnabled
Indicates the current Mouse Acceleration State
#>
Param($MouseAccelerationEnabled)
try {
if ($MouseAccelerationEnabled -eq $false) {
Write-Host "Enabling Mouse Acceleration"
$MouseSpeed = 1
$MouseThreshold1 = 6
$MouseThreshold2 = 10
} else {
Write-Host "Disabling Mouse Acceleration"
$MouseSpeed = 0
$MouseThreshold1 = 0
$MouseThreshold2 = 0
}
$Path = "HKCU:\Control Panel\Mouse"
Set-ItemProperty -Path $Path -Name MouseSpeed -Value $MouseSpeed
Set-ItemProperty -Path $Path -Name MouseThreshold1 -Value $MouseThreshold1
Set-ItemProperty -Path $Path -Name MouseThreshold2 -Value $MouseThreshold2
} catch [System.Security.SecurityException] {
Write-Warning "Unable to set $Path\$Name to $Value due to a Security Exception"
} catch [System.Management.Automation.ItemNotFoundException] {
Write-Warning $psitem.Exception.ErrorRecord
} catch {
Write-Warning "Unable to set $Name due to unhandled exception"
Write-Warning $psitem.Exception.StackTrace
}
}