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How to Reverse the Scrolling Direction in Windows 10

Windows users can be split into two different types of people. There are the ones that scroll the default way, and some that prefer to use a reversed scrolling direction. I’m a proud member of the default category, but I know some people that regard reversed scrolling to be the “more natural” way.

Reversing the scrolling direction used to be as easy as turning on a switch, but Microsoft decided to make things harder for those who prefer to scroll the “unnatural” way. It’s no longer possible to navigate to Devices > Mouse & Trackpad and toggle Reverse scrolling direction.

If you’re on one of the latest Windows 10 updates, you can’t reverse the scrolling direction as easily anymore. However, it’s still possible to do it, but you’ll have to take the long route. From our investigations, we discovered three different ways of reversing the scroll direction in Windows 10 (if you’re on the latest update).

Method 1 might not be possible to replicate in your situation depending on your laptop manufacturer, but the other two methods should work if followed on any Windows-based computer. If you use a touchpad, stick with Method 1. Let’s begin.

Method 1: Reverse the Scrolling Direction of a Touchpad (Touchpad only)

The steps of this method are highly dependable on the manufacturer of your laptop. Most laptop manufacturers use proprietary touchpad technologies, so you can expect your screen to look different than ours. We managed to reverse the scrolling direction of an ELAN Touchpad. If you have an Asus laptop, you should be able to follow this guide with no problems. If not, read the Note paragraphs for additional information.

Press Windows key + I and click on Devices.
Select Touchpad from the left-hand side menu, then click on Additional settings under Related settings.
This is where it starts to be different according to your manufacturer. Once you arrive in the Mouse Properties screen, look for the tab belonging to your Touchpad software. In our case it’s ELAN. If it doesn’t take you to another window directly, look for an Options button.
Note: Depending on your manufacturer, the tab can be named Clickpad settings, Smart Gestures,Synaptics, or Device Settings. If you can’t identify it, note that it’s usually located last when counting from the left and it’s usually the only tab with a logo.
Look for the Multi-finger tab, select Scrolling, and then check the box next to Reverse.
Note: Remember that this menu is likely to look entirely different on your side. Generally, look for an option similar to Two-finger scrolling and look for a reverse toggle.

Method 2: Reversing the Scrolling direction for a Mouse Wheel (Mouse only)

If you decide to use a mouse, reversing the touchpad’s settings will not have an effect on the mouse wheel. To change the direction of your mouse wheel, you need to dig deep into your Windows Registry files. Here’s what you need to do:

Press Windows key + R to open a Run dialog. Type in “devmgmt.msc” and hit Enter.
Expand the drop-down menu within Mice and other pointing devices and double-click on your mouse (HID-compliant mouse).
Expand the Details tab and use the drop-down menu under Property to select Device instance path.
Right-click on the path and select Copy, just to be safe. Once the path is copied to your clipboard, you can safely close Device Manager, but make sure you leave the HID-compliant mouse Properties window open.
Note: You can make sure you don’t lose the path by pasting it into a notepad file. This isn’t necessary if you leave the window open.
Press Windows key + R, type “regedit” and press Enter.
In Registry Editor, navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \ SYSTEM \ CurrentControlSet \ Enum \ HID.
Compare the registry keys in HID with the path you’ve discovered in the device manager. Once you found a match, click on the folder in Registry Editor to expand it.
Explore the key further until you get to Device Parameters. Click it once to select it, then double-click on FlipFlopWheel.
Set the base to Hexadecimal, then modify the Value data to 1. Click OK and Close Registry Editor to save your configuration.
The changes won’t take effect until you restart your computer or log out and in with your user.
Note: If you want to revert to the default way of scrolling, get back to the FlipFlopWheel in Registry editor and change the Value data to 0.

Method 3: Reversing the Scrolling Direction with a Macro Script (Mouse and Touchpad)

Another way to go around reversing your scrolling direction is to use software capable of setting up macro scripts. By far, the most reliable way of doing this is with AutoHotkey. It’s completely free and the difficulty of utilizing it is minimal. This method will reverse both your touchpad and your mouse wheel scroll direction. Here’s what you need to do:

Visit this link and press the Download button to download the freeware, then install it on your computer.
Right-click anywhere on your desktop and create a New Text Document. It doesn’t really matter how you name it. At least not right now.
Open the new document and paste the following commands:

Save your modifications, then change the extension from .txt to .ahk. It will prompt you that the file might become unusable. Ignore it and hit OK.

Note: If you are unable to view extensions, open a File Explorer window, go to View and check the box next to File Name Extensions.

You should thee the icon of the text file transform into something else as soon as you hit OK. This means that Windows is recognizing it as an AutoHotkey file. Double-click on it to enforce the hotkey and reverse the scrolling of your mouse.

If you decide to disable the hotkey and revert to the default way of scrolling, press Ctrl + Alt + Delete and click on Task Manager. From there, select the Processes tab and find AutoHotkey Unicode under Background processes. Select it and click End Task to revert to the default scrolling.

Note: Keep in mind that you need to run the script again whenever you restart or turn off your computer.

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How to reverse the scroll direction in Windows 10? [QUICK GUIDE]

Scrollbars are ubiquitous in all types of computer and by default, rolling the mouse wheel down scrolls down a page. But some users want to reverse the scroll direction in Windows 10. Now, Windows 10, in particular, used to have a Settings option that you could use to configure the scrolling direction with.

However, an update removed the Reverse scrolling direction setting. So how can we now configure the mouse wheel’s scroll direction in Windows 10? Learn

How do I reverse the mouse scroll direction?

1. Edit the Registry to Reverse Scrollbar Direction

Even if there’s no longer a Reverse scrolling direction option, you can still customize the mouse wheel‘s scroll direction with a registry edit. For that, you’ll need the mouse VID ID which is listed in Device Manager.

First, open the DeviceManager by pressing the Cortana button and entering ‘Device Manager.’
Select DeviceManager to open the window directly below.
Select Mice and other pointing devices and double-click your mouse.
Click the Details tab, which includes the drop-down menu shown directly below.
Select Device instance path from the drop-down menu.
Right-click the value in the Value box and select Copy.
Press OK and close the DeviceManager window.
Open Notepad and paste the VIDID in Notepad with the Ctrl + V hotkey.
Press the Win key + R to open Run. Enter ‘regedit’ in Run’s text box to open the Registry Editor.
Open this registry location: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Enum\HID .
This is where the VIDID comes in handy. Click the key that matches the VID ID in Notepad.
Now you can select a Device Parameters key that has a FlipFlopWheel DWORD as shown below.
Next, double-click FlipFlopWheel to open an Edit DWORD window.
Enter ‘1’ in the Value data text box and press OK.
Close the Registry Editor window. (You’ll need to restart Windows for the changes to take effect.)
Click the Start button and roll your mouse wheel up. That will scroll the Start menu’s bar slider down. Roll the mouse wheel down to scroll back up the menu. The mouse wheel‘s scroll direction is now reversed!
To revert back to the default setting, select the FlipFlopWheel DWORD in Registry Editor window and enter ‘0’ in the Value data box.

2. Set up an AutoHotkey Script

AutoHotkey is software that users can set up macro scripts with and with which you reverse scroll direction. This is freeware software you can add to Windows by pressing the Download button on the program’s website. Set up a reverse scroll direction script as follows:

Press the Cortana button and enter ‘Notepad’ in the search box. Select to open Notepad.
Now you can enter the script in Notepad. Copy (Ctrl + C) and Paste (Ctrl + V) this script in Notepad:WheelUp::
Send
Return
WheelDown::
Send
Return
Click File >Save as to open the Save as window and select All Files from the Save as type in the drop-down menu.
Enter a file title for the script and make sure to include .ahk at the end of it. For example, you could save it as Scroll Direction Script.ahk.
Select to save the script to Desktop and press the Save button. That should add an AutoHotkey script icon to the desktop as shown below.
Close Notepad and double-click the AutoHotkey script shortcut on the desktop to run it.
Click the Start button and roll the mouse wheel up to scroll down the menu.
To close the script, right-click the taskbar and select Task Manager. Select AutoHotkey Unicode on the Processes tab and press its End task button.

These are two ways that you can reverse the mouse wheel’s scroll direction in Windows 10. Now, the scrollbar slider will move down when you roll the mouse wheel up and vice versa.

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Editor’s Note: This post was originally published in May 2017 and has been since completely revamped and updated for freshness, accuracy, and comprehensiveness.