The bottom of my mouse was dirty and I thought I would clean it.I turned off the computer sprayed some windex on a paper towel and rubbed the mouse on the paper towel. I didn't want to spray the mouse directly so I thought this was a better way. The mouse was super clean! I turned the computer back on and the mouse was kaput!
I didn't think it could get wet doing it this way but I must have been wrong.Any better ideas to clean a mouse?

What type and brand of mouse are you using Geo?

Personally, I use optical or laser gaming mice and clean mine with a little isopropyl alcohol on a cotton flour sack cloth. The optical element is recessed on the ones I use, so aren't impacted by wiping off the bottom of the mouse.

Its an optical mouse. The brand has long worn off.

Can't say I've ever seen that happen - I do it to my mice all the time. I assume it's wireless - did you try to pair it again?

I don't know what pair it means,but it was an inexpensive mouse so I am not worried about fixing it. I am just trying to pass on a method that didn't work,at least for me. I'll tell you its a weird feeling when every icon on the desktop is dead when you click on it.At first I thought the whole computer was shot until I put 2 and 2 together and remembered I was just cleaning the mouse.

My mouse is absolutely ancient. A Microsoft Intellimouse from 1998 !!
[And a I have another two in my "spares" cupboard, in case of breakdowns ]

So it's easy to keep the outside of it clean. I just use a damp cloth all over - except for the little roller ball underneath.

Mad,you must go optical. The difference is great.

Optical is just amazing after using the old slow mechanical roller balls.

I'm using a Logitech Trackball from the late 1990's.
Still the best trackball I've found.
Wish they still sold them.

I can't stand having to keep picking up a mouse because it went off the edge of the desk or knocked into the keyboard.

What the heck are you doing at your computer to have the mouse flying around jenny100? Are you some kind of wild woman?

I was wondering the same thing! My Razer Death Adder has never done such things! Maybe wild gaming?!

Nope. Just trying to move the cursor around the screen.
I don't have a huge desk with unlimited space to move the mouse around.

A trackball can stay put in one spot, unlike a mouse.

I tried to use my grandson's trackball, but my brain simply refused to cooperate! I only have a 9" x 10" space for my mouse next to my keyboard. Not much, but I guess I'm used to it.

I've tried other mouse types, Geo, including one or two Opticals, but I didn't like them.
They felt too "bulky"

I like my ancient little mouse.
And it does everything I need a mouse to do

LOL!!
9" x 10" would be huge.
I have less than 4" x 7" to the right of my keyboard.
Try maneuvering a mouse in that.

Egads! No wonder you have a trackball!

I have this wireless mouse its Ienovo same as my computer and that darn mouse I can never find it I have this habit of putting everything away so sometimes its in a drawer or some other place must make note to self leave mouse on computer desk.really

The mouse will squeak if left in a drawer without cheese, making it easy to find.

I needed that this morning, Geo!

Good One Geo !!!!