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    Default Windows Highlight Text annoyance

    This has pissed me off for years and I want to fix it.

    When I go to highlight a block of text, windows automatically grabs the entire word from the beginning and at the end it grabs all punctuation.
    Eg.

    Say I want the underlined section of this line of text.
    Note the fullstop

    Windows will first attempt to grab this:
    Say I want the underlined section of this line of text.

    If I wave my mouse around the first word I can get it to start when I clicked, in the middle of the word "underlined"
    but it will always grab the fullstop as well.

    I just want to turn this stupid fkn "feature" off totally, I am capable of controlling my mouse and I want to highlight EXACTLY what I click & drag.

    How can I do this????
    Please, it's driving me mad!



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    dunno, but I highlight backwards... ie click between the t and . in your example and drag to the l.

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    thats what i do ssrattus
    dont say linux if i wanted it id install it

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