Windows 10 and Windows 11

I swear I already had an article on fixing Windows 10 but maybe it was Windows 8? I know there is Windows 7.

Time marches on and now we're getting Windows 11 at work, so I have to go through all the fixes again.

Getting rid of OneDrive

It's a registry thing. https://www.windowscentral.com/how-remove-onedrive-file-explorer-windows-10

This is not an issue at work, they do this for us.

Turning the scrolling right side up aka "Natural scrolling"

This requires changing a registry setting.

Once you get used to Natural on the Mac it seems wrong everywhere else. I remember how shocking it was on the Mac when they switched, then about an hour later it seemed totally "natural" and I understood why they call it that.

https://www.windowscentral.com/how-reverse-scrolling-direction-windows-10

I had a little trouble finding the correct VID entry but it was the only entry in the registry with FlipFlopWheel as a parameter so it was actually obvious. BTW regedit "Find" really sucks.

I had to try a few times, for some reason Device Manager shows two pointing devices on this computer. I still wonder where the other one is, I can't see it on my desk anywhere. :-) This is the one, finally it's working correctly.

Computer\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Enum\HID\VID_04D9&PID_1133\6&1797759b&0&0000\Device Parameters

Focus follows mouse

I've tried living with "click to focus" but ultimately it just means I constantly type in the wrong window. This can be embarassing sometimes. There are bad side effects of "focus follows mouse" on Windows, but I live with them.

I use this program to set it. https://joelpurra.com/projects/X-Mouse_Controls/

No need to "install" it, just run it once to permanently change the setting.