iMac Mighty Mouse Problem -- Strange Issue

[anderton.chase]

So this may be an easy fix, but I can't figure it out... I thought it would be fun to set my thumb button to open my Photoshop.. well i accidentally set the primary and not the side button... so everything i click on opens Photoshop... I can't navigate with the keyboard so my question is:

Is there any way to reset the mighty mouse button properties back to default or a way to navigate on the keyboard to change it back?

I have tried: all the buttons on the keyboard to navigate and resetting the PRAM, I want to avoid the PMU reset if possible (it just seems like a lot of work, lol)

I have searched forums all over and haven't found anyone with the same problem as me.. lol, i guess i'm the only dumb enough to do it

Any ideas?

 

[jywv8]

I don't know if this will work, but here's what I would try:

Use command+tab to make Finder active. Once in the Finder, you should be able to use Tab to highlight your startup disk. Then use command+O to open a Finder window at the top level of your startup disk.

From there, you should be able to use the arrow keys and Command+O to navigate to Users/(your username)/Library/Preferences

Use Command+delete to delete com.apple.systempreferences.plist.

Restart your computer.

 

[richard.mac]

com.apple.systempreferences.plist doesnt hold the mighty mouse preferences com.apple.driver.AppleHIDMouse.plist does. heres faster way (IMO).

1. command-tab to Finder and press command-N to open your home folder (by default).
2. press command-2 to use list mode and go to Preferences in the Library folder by using the down and right arrow keys.
3. find "com.apple.driver.AppleHIDMouse.plist" and trash it by pressing command-delete.
4. then reboot by pressing command-control-eject.

 

[anderton.chase]

Seems like a goofy problem i know, but thanks for the help, deleting the "com.apple.driver.AppleHIDMouse.plist" worked perfectly it seems! Thanks everyone.