How can I program the buttons and behaviour of a multi-button mouse in the guest OS ?

How can I program the buttons and behaviour of a multi button mouse in the guest OS ?

I have a five button mouse whose side two buttons normally map to Back/Forward functionality (in browers; in file explorers; etc).

I know Parallels is running its own Mouse Synchronization Service. Is there any way to configure this service to carry over my additional button mappings? Presently, the side two buttons result in the Windows Start menu being shown -- so there must be some default value there that I can presumably override.

 

I too have been looking for this very same functionality with no luck.

As a workaround you might try the Windows 7 keyboard shortcuts for Back/Forward functionality. They are Alt + Left Arrow and Alt + Right Arrow respectively.

I'm going to bookmark this thread to see if anyone has a solution. This is the only thing standing in my way of Mac/Windows integration nirvana.

 

I am using Firefox 3.6 and was able to get my mouse forward and back keys to function in Windows 7 by using the the Setpoint software (I'm using a logitech mouse) to assign the windows keystrokes to the buttons. Works great!

Problem is that Firefox on the Mac does not accept assigning the same keyboard shortcuts using the Snow Leopard keyboard shortcut assignment method. Evidently this is a known issue and Mozilla seems to have no intention of allowing for custom keyboard shortcuts. :-(