Fixing Trackpoint Scroll for ITunes, Picasa, others...

[dfumento]

The trackpoint middle scrolling button doesn't work for some of the newer applications such as ITunes, the newest versions of Picasa, Windows Live Mail, Safari, and Windows Live Writer.

Below is a fix applicable to all Windows OS's. The location of the edited file may vary so look in the Device Manager under trackpoint driver details to find driver locations.

The file must be edited as an administrator in Vista and Windows 7. To do this, at the programs box type in notepad and on the notpad program in the menu right click and select, "Run as Administrator."

In Win7 x64 it is located at: (edit with Notepad run as Administrator).

c:\Program Files\Lenovo\Trackpoint\tp4table.dat

; Google Picasa
*,*,picasa3.exe,*,*,*,WheelStd,0,9

; Windows Live Mail
*,*,wlmail.exe,*,*,*,WheelStd,0,9

; Windows Live Writer
*,*,WindowsLiveWriter.exe,*,*,*,WheelStd,0,9

; Apple ITunes
*,*,itunes.exe,*,*,*,WheelStd,0,9

; Apple Safari
*,*,safari.exe,*,*,*,WheelStd,0,9


EDIT: Reboot required


Especially for "X" series owners that do not have the touchpad this is helpful.

Thanks for the tip by Matthew Kohut of Lenovo for mentioning that this technique had previously been done for other programs such as OpenOffice.

[gpvillamil]

This looks really useful. By any chance do you know if this works for Ableton Live? The Trackpoint scrolling does not seem to work in the plugin selection field.

[Edit] Yes it does! Here is what worked for me:

; Ableton Live
*,*,Live 8.0.2.exe,*,*,*,WheelStd,0,9

Note that the program name does not require quotes around it.

I think you have to reboot for changes to take effect.

[dfumento]

Added the New York Times reader which now has its second version based on Adobe Air.

; New York Times Reader
*,*,Times Reader.exe,*,*,*,WheelStd,0,9

Check out this review of the program:

http://www.ithinkdiff.com/apps-for-wind ... reader-20/

[defor]

Awesome!
works great for LDD and safari, so I'm happy...