0.83 break mouse without borders

[andrew-vdb]

Microsoft PowerToys version

0.83.0

Installation method

Microsoft Store

Running as admin

No

Area(s) with issue?

Mouse Without Borders

Steps to reproduce

nothing, just suddenly not working

other report from outside https://www.reddit.com/r/PowerToys/comments/1egkynr/mouse_without_borders_no_longer_works_after/

✔️ Expected Behavior

works again

❌ Actual Behavior

mwb is not working at all, time out

Other Software

No response

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• #30499 , similarity score: 81%

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[andrew-vdb]

The workaround

Open following file 'C:\Users{USER}\AppData\Local\Microsoft\PowerToys\MouseWithoutBorders\settings.json'

Look into "MachineID"

For some reason both computer use same "MachineID" Change the value in one computer

Then change "MachinePool" value

"MachinePool":{
"value":"{ComputerOneName}:{ComputerOneMachineID},{ComputerTwoName}:{ComputerTwoMachineID},:,:"
}

Turn Off turn on mouse without border in both machine then it works again....

DO NOT CLICK "Refresh Connection" once it works, it break stuff somehow Turn off turn on mwb only in the first computer somehow make it work again..

[andrew-vdb]

My "DeviceID" on second computer empty, fill it with some GUID, then it works again

[pjdpereira]

The workaround didn't work for me. Mouse Without Borders stopped working after updating to 0.83

EDIT: Well, I did a restart and all of a sudden it started working again., The workaround worked after all :)

[Decoder00]

This is happening to me too.

[ALERTua]

Same issue here.

The workaround

Open following file 'C:\Users{USER}\AppData\Local\Microsoft\PowerToys\MouseWithoutBorders\settings.json'

Look into "MachineID"

For some reason both computer use same "MachineID" Change the value in one computer

Then change "MachinePool" value

"MachinePool":{
"value":"{ComputerOneName}:{ComputerOneMachineID},{ComputerTwoName}:{ComputerTwoMachineID},:,:"
}

Turn Off turn on mouse without border in both machine then it works again....

DO NOT CLICK "Refresh Connection" once it works, it break stuff somehow Turn off turn on mwb only in the first computer somehow make it work again..

The workaround works. Thank you!

[phasedrealism]

Same issue here.

The workaround Open following file 'C:\Users{USER}\AppData\Local\Microsoft\PowerToys\MouseWithoutBorders\settings.json' Look into "MachineID" For some reason both computer use same "MachineID" Change the value in one computer Then change "MachinePool" value

"MachinePool":{
"value":"{ComputerOneName}:{ComputerOneMachineID},{ComputerTwoName}:{ComputerTwoMachineID},:,:"
}

Turn Off turn on mouse without border in both machine then it works again.... DO NOT CLICK "Refresh Connection" once it works, it break stuff somehow Turn off turn on mwb only in the first computer somehow make it work again..

The workaround works. Thank you!

This also worked for me. When I checked out the settings.json, the MachinePool was set to ComputerName:NONE. After updating the machineID's so that they were unique and updating the MachinePool with the corresponding MachineID, MWB started working as expected.

[06b]

Ran into this issue after updating from 0.83 to 0.84, however the above workaround did not appear to work for me.

So, I downgraded back to 0.83 and followed a suggestion from #27945 by

1. Exiting PowerToys from both machines
2. Delete the entire %localappdata%/Microsoft/PowerToys/MouseWithoutBorders/ on both machines
3. Run PowerToys and generate new keys

[LuckyPadddy]

The workaround

Open following file 'C:\Users{USER}\AppData\Local\Microsoft\PowerToys\MouseWithoutBorders\settings.json'

Look into "MachineID"

For some reason both computer use same "MachineID" Change the value in one computer

Then change "MachinePool" value

"MachinePool":{
"value":"{ComputerOneName}:{ComputerOneMachineID},{ComputerTwoName}:{ComputerTwoMachineID},:,:"
}

Turn Off turn on mouse without border in both machine then it works again....

DO NOT CLICK "Refresh Connection" once it works, it break stuff somehow Turn off turn on mwb only in the first computer somehow make it work again..

THANK YOU!

Hope this gets fixed.

[JohnLukeBentley]

Can confirm @andrew-vdb's problem description applied to me too; and his workaround fixed it for me. On v0.85.1.

[LuckyPadddy]

Still happens in v0.85.1. Fixed it manually by using @andrew-vdb 's workaround

[ballban]

The workaround

Open following file 'C:\Users{USER}\AppData\Local\Microsoft\PowerToys\MouseWithoutBorders\settings.json'

Look into "MachineID"

For some reason both computer use same "MachineID" Change the value in one computer

Then change "MachinePool" value

"MachinePool":{
"value":"{ComputerOneName}:{ComputerOneMachineID},{ComputerTwoName}:{ComputerTwoMachineID},:,:"
}

Turn Off turn on mouse without border in both machine then it works again....

DO NOT CLICK "Refresh Connection" once it works, it break stuff somehow Turn off turn on mwb only in the first computer somehow make it work again..

Still happens in v0.86.0. Fixed it with this

[cinnamon-msft]

Is anyone still seeing this in v0.89? /needinfo

[LuckyPadddy]

Is anyone still seeing this in v0.89? /needinfo

Just updated to this version using the updater. Didn't need to use the workaround.

[pjdpereira]

It seems to be working again as expected after update