Reverse Mouse Wheel scroll in Windows 11 (Natural Mode like MacOS)

win11-mouse-scroll-reverse.md

Reverse Mouse Wheel scroll in Windows 11

Chose between natural mode like MacOS or Windows default mode.

Step 1: Open Windows PowerShell in Administrator Mode.

You can do this by going to Start Menu, type PowerShell, and click Run as Administrator.

Step 2: Copy the following code and paste it in the command line of Windows PowerShell:

$mode = Read-host "How do you like your mouse scroll (0 or 1)?"; Get-PnpDevice -Class Mouse -PresentOnly -Status OK | ForEach-Object { "$($_.Name): $($_.DeviceID)"; Set-ItemProperty -Path "HKLM:\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Enum\$($_.DeviceID)\Device Parameters" -Name FlipFlopWheel -Value $mode; "+--- Value of FlipFlopWheel is set to " + (Get-ItemProperty -Path "HKLM:\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Enum\$($_.DeviceID)\Device Parameters").FlipFlopWheel + "`n" }

The code above is one-liner PowerShell script. Copy-paste it as-is.

Step 3: It will ask how do you like your mouse to scroll.

Downward wheel motion makes the page...

0 - Move up so you see contents below (Default Mode, Windows behavior)

1 - Move down so you can see contents above (Natural Mode, Mac behavior, reverse mode)

Type the number that corresponds to your scroll preference.

Step 4: Restart your computer.

Your settings will take effect after you restart.

Step 5 (optional)

Give yourself a favor and buy a Mac.

Info

Source: https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/all/reverse-mouse-wheel-scroll/657c4537-f346-4b8b-99f8-9e1f52cd94c2

Literally just logged in to my account to say, THANK YOU!!!

Been doing this manually a few times now, and it's driving me mad that they removed such a simple option that they very much could keep.

Now, to go even further, maybe you could make this into a .bat file or something that you could just double click to run, to enable reverse scrolling. And a prompt at the end of the script if you want to reboot.

Again, many, many thanks!

Thanks <3. I could create a 1$ paid app hahaha

Thanks <3. I could create a 1$ paid app hahaha

I'd buy it for sure. I've not seen this done anywhere else. The other guides are just pointing to the same registry methods.

THANK YOU for this script! Super handy.. However, no need to restart, just need to disconnect/reconnect your mouse to take effect

Also logged in to say THANK YOU. Also would happily donate - the other methods I tried required editing the Registry, and then the system reset itself (after an update? not sure) which is beyond maddening. Thanks for making it easy.

u da real MVP

You are a legend !

THANKKKKK YOUUUUUUUU

The fact that this is not an option is baffling.

It works great, but when you scroll left and right, it's still in standard direction and not natural mode.
Do you know if there's a way I can change this?
Thanks

Just found this https://github.com/jamie-pate/flipflop-windows-wheel/blob/master/bin/Debug/FlipWheel.exe

Just found this https://github.com/jamie-pate/flipflop-windows-wheel/blob/master/bin/Debug/FlipWheel.exe

So funny to see that someone, as of today, was also bothered by this problem LOL

Knew a one-liner had to exist! Thanks :)

Legendary! Why on earth isn't this a setting though? If it wasn't for games...

Aaaaah, thank you very much. You made my life better 😄

Bro you rock ! much appreciated !

THANK YOU!!!

Thank you very much friend, now I want to change some things on my keyboard to make it the same as Apple.starting with copy and paste.

I use something similar and used the same source.

But I also wanted a way to be selective on which mouse I wanted to change. So I came up with the following script which relies on you unplugging the mouse. So it can compare and see which ones you want to modify.

https://gist.github.com/cgorshing/f89406ff2cc4ffd68d5138ac80e80d0a

This is brilliant, thanks.

Thanks for saving us from the long registry hassle... it works on Windows 10 too.