thanks for the input all. the theme im using is a custom designed theme that im just trying to iron the bugs out of before i release it. the mouse thing is one of the bugs. my hotkeys file has nothing that even touches those mouse buttons. i also checked all the other files i could find that may have had anything to do with mouse buttons and no go. i guess i will have to live with it for now.

on a new line of thought, is there a way to define a changable variable like x = 0 and then when i do something x becomes 1. i want to do this so i can use variables to store the state of the several different toggleable objects like my rainmeter. ie rainmeter hidden x = 0, when i use the hotkey or shortcut x = 1 and rainmeter is visible. this way i can have shortcuts and hotkeys to control these functions without having them conflict.