How to Fix/Disable Volume Change With Mouse Scroll Wheel [Solution]
5How to Fix/Disable Volume Change With Mouse Scroll Wheel [Solution]
The mouse wheel may only control your system’s volume if the mouse is in media mode. Moreover, conflicting applications may also cause the mouse behavior at hand.
The issue arises when a user wants to use the mouse wheel to scroll some pages/screens on his display but in place of scrolling, the system’s volume is changed. Some users reported the problem to be caused by a Windows update. The issue is not limited to a particular brand of mouse.
Issues addressed in this tutorial:
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If your mouse supports a special "media mode," it may mean you can control your PC's volume via the mouse wheel. While this is a handy feature at times, it's less ideal when you're trying to scroll through a document and end up muting your music instead!
If your mouse scroll is not working to scroll pages, but can only change the volume control, then this post will help you fix the problem. This post lists the possible solutions for the problem in which the mouse scroll controls the system volume instead of scrolling. This issue generally occurs with the mice that support both normal and media modes. Apart from that, there are several more causes of the issue, like a conflicting application that changes the mouse behavior.
This tutorial will apply for computers, laptops, desktops, and tablets running the Windows 10 and Windows 11 operating systems (Home, Professional, Enterprise, Education) from all supported hardware manufactures, like Dell, HP, Acer, Asus, Toshiba, Lenovo, Alienware, Razer, MSI, Huawei , Microsoft Surface, and Samsung.