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VM Mouse Driver Crippled?

I'm otherwise happy with Fusion but, like every other virtualization solution ever created, it doesn't seem to recognize that mice now have more than two buttons. Is there any way, within Fusion, to enable the back/forward buttons on an MSFT mouse? Or even of making the "Snap To Default Dialog Choice" option work?

I'm assuming that using MSFT's own IntelliMouse software is out, because the driver expects to talk to the OS, not the VM.

Am I wrong? If not, and the Fusion driver is, in fact, so limited, what's the answer? I can't imagine that an object so literally essential to operating a computer (or VM) gets so little respect. All I want is the same functionality in one environment as the other--or as the original, non-VM version. Is that so hard?

Maccies have a useful phrase that also make a pretty fair target for any developer to shoot for:

It Just Works.

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I'm presuming, then, that it will be fixed fairly soon and it MIGHT be fixed by 1.1 GM? A safe presumption?

Changes between release candidate and GM are pretty much limited to fixes for kernel panics and major regressions, so I would not expect it for 1.1GM.

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Changes between release candidate and GM are pretty much limited to fixes for kernel panics and major regressions, so I would not expect it for 1.1GM.

Sorry to hear that. I hope it arrives soon. Anything to make the experience more seamless is like free advertising each time someone uses your product.

Thanks for the help.

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