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  1. Temporarily Disable Mouse and Not Keyboard

    in Macro Express and Macro Express Pro

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    Thank you Cory for your input.

    I have searched the forums and had found the link you mentioned, however it is in regards to the mouse pad on laptops.

     

    After talking to some IT experts and Stan Jones, it appears that Windows considers both the mouse and the keyboard as one entity and thus you can not disable one without the other. Furthermore, my macros will not be run under an administrator user profile, so I am very limited in what I can do.

     

    Ultimately, it appears that my only option is to use the Macro Express "Lock/Unlock Keyboard and Mouse" command and create a persistent text box which explains how to over-ride the lock for the duration of the macro.

     

     

    Caution: This is a Windows function that completely locks the keyboard and mouse. Use with caution. The keyboard and mouse remain locked even if the macro gets stuck during playback.
    In this situation close Macro Express using Windows Task Manager (Ctrl + Alt + Delete). This key sequence is not locked by Windows. In the Task Manager, scroll to highlight macexp.exe. Then press Alt + E to End Task. The keys are not locked in the Task Manager window. When Macro Express is closed, the mouse and keyboard will again be accessible.

     

     

    The above quote is an excerpt from Insight Software Solutions' Macro Express Pro Instruction Manual

    http://www.macros.com/download/macroexpressprohelp.pdf

     

     

    Hopefully this thread will be a better point of reference for developers in a similar predicament.

     

     

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