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why does the mouse cursor move to away from the currrent application without the mouse being moved

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AnonymousUser
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the mouse cursor moves away from the current application without the mouse having been moved - this started with the new version - re-installing Firefox makes the problem go away for a short period - re-installing is not a solution

This happened

Every time Firefox opened

== a few days after installing 3.6.3

the mouse cursor moves away from the current application without the mouse having been moved - this started with the new version - re-installing Firefox makes the problem go away for a short period - re-installing is not a solution == This happened == Every time Firefox opened == a few days after installing 3.6.3

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Morbus
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Hello Jim.

It's probably one of three things:

  1. your mouse is getting old (this behavior is common in old optical mouses);
  2. you have software that is making your mouse cursor behave unexpectedly (I know of an option in Windows that will automatically move your mouse to windows buttons...);
  3. or you may be having a problem with some extension or plugin that is hindering your Firefox's normal behavior. Have you tried disabling all add-ons (just to check), to see if Firefox goes back to normal?