After using Outlook as my email server for about 10 years with no problems, about 3 weeks ago I was faced with a problem that thus far is recalcitrant; i.e. I cannot edit an email using the mouse, albeit this function works fine in every other program (including this one in which I’ve made 3 editing changes in this email–I’m using Win 7 64 bit–the only information I might add is that I seem to recall the problem beginning after I ran Spybot, Malwarebytes and CCleaner–other than that info I can’t recall and changes that were intentionally made–the only way I can edit an email now is by using the 4 arrow keys located between the typing portion of the keyboard and the numbers portion–this is time-consuming and laborious because at age 75 just finding the cursor I wish to move is occasionally difficult–I know there are tons of WSL members who could fix this hassle in milliseconds–thank you in advance for any help offered…
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AskWoody_MVPMay 13, 2015 at 7:46 am #1504157You could try the simple sequence on the very last line of this thread, which was apparently the solution for one person: Outlook. Mouse doesn’t work
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