Using Windows 7, how can you use multiple mice (to get multiple cursors)?

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Is it somehow possible to use two mice in Windows 7? I think this could be useful; like using two fingers on a multi touch display...

score 17 · Answer 1 · answered Jul 28 '15 at 16:56

yes, you can use two mice in MS Windows and have two cursors - if you like.

just check out EitherMouse http://www.eithermouse.com

Freeware, no ads, no nags.

it works on Windows XP, Vista, 7, 8.

individual settings:

multi-cursor
swap buttons
mirror cursors
set mouse speed
set double click speed
set scroll wheel lines

score 15 · Answer 2 · edited Mar 13 '14 at 19:15

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You're looking for TeamPlayer.

edited Mar 13 '14 at 19:15

Philip Allgaier

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answered May 05 '10 at 16:45

Frank Meulenaar

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score 14 · Answer 3 · answered Nov 02 '12 at 16:43

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I haven't tried it myself but Pluralinput looks to be another option.

answered Nov 02 '12 at 16:43

Danny

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score 9 · Answer 4 · edited May 14 '21 at 10:16

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Microsoft Touch SDK has this functionality.

Maybe this project on GitHub will be helpful.

edited May 14 '21 at 10:16

Vaillancourt

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answered Aug 25 '09 at 13:57

MicTech

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score 7 · Answer 5 · answered May 21 '13 at 21:15

I have been using two mice alternating (one on each side of my keyboard) for ergonomic reasons. Windows 7 allowed for this just fine for 2 years until a month ago or so, That is when the one on the left started to execute a double click if I clicked once. It also highlighted a whole word if I only wanted to place the cursor in a certain spot.

I asked my office professional for another mouse to check if this was a hardware issue - Nope! Same thing again. That's when I ran into EitherMouse and downloaded it. Alas, life is good again! No more crazy mouse behaviour.

score 6 · Answer 6 · edited Oct 17 '13 at 15:15

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I was looking for collaborative screen sharing with two mice - found Screenhero . Free for now as it is in beta. Good times.

edited Oct 17 '13 at 15:15

David

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answered Oct 17 '13 at 13:59

saranicole

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score 4 · Answer 7 · answered Mar 16 '14 at 14:55

I Considered all of the above Apps that claim to do this task. The BEST, most TRANSPARENT, USER FRIENDLY, SMALL LEARNING CURVE app was Plural Input

Currently in Beta Version but very good.

Download and Install Plural Input
Make sure Microsoft .NET Framework 4.5 is installed too.
Install Plural Input Drivers over your existing additional mouse driver under: Control Panel >> Device Manager >> Mice & other pointing devices.
You will find the Driver under C:\Program Files (x86)\Pluralinput\Driver
Install Correct Driver! Windows 7, 8 and 8.1 have their own 32 and 64 bit driver
Setup Plural input
Run Plural Input

score 2 · Answer 8 · answered Mar 27 '13 at 22:46

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I have no idea if this works, but here is an AutoIt script that claims to allow two cursors at once from two separate mice.

answered Mar 27 '13 at 22:46

BlueRaja - Danny Pflughoeft

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score 2 · Answer 9 · answered Feb 08 '14 at 09:02

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Download the free GlovePIE. Its website states:

You can even use it to control multiple mouse pointers with multiple mice.

answered Feb 08 '14 at 09:02

niutech

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score 1 · Answer 10 · answered May 07 '14 at 14:00

You can use Microsoft Multi-Point SDK (http://www.microsoft.com/multipoint/mouse-sdk/ , for people who have basic developer/math skills) or Mouse Mischief (http://www.microsoft.com/multipoint/mouse-mischief/en-us/default.aspx) for those who are teachers. P.S. never can you have two mouse cursors because usually the application draws them not the windows OS. I am researching this for my Kinect project here which will emulate multiple mice device and input to them from multiple Kinect users: http://kinectmultipoint.codeplex.com. Keep checking up on it because I am researching a better method then Microsoft's DSF(Device simulation framework) to do so. For the most part, the Kinect code is close to working but I am still working on the mouse simulation part.

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