Alternatively, you can also open this from Control Panel by going to Hardware and Sounds and then clicking on Mouse option under Devices and Printers.Ģ. Then click on Change Mouse Settings option to open Mouse Properties. On your Windows desktop, click the Start button and type Mouse Settings in the search bar. Configure Mouse for left handed users on Windowsġ. To overcome this, you can switch left – right mouse buttons from mouse settings and make it left handed friendly. Use of a right handed configured mouse by a left handed person can be a problem. Not all Windows users (infact people) are right handed. Left clicking on mouse is done by first finger, while right clicking is done by second finger. By default, mouse in Windows 8, 7 and XP computer is configured for a right handed user.