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Make mouse ignore microsecond clicks

I've had issues with my mouse so I decided to figure out its problem. The symptom was that multiple clicks were recorded when only one was meant. I found out that the problem was the mechanical switch since an electronic switch like a Schmitt trigger would not be used in a cheap mouse. So there are microscopic signals jumping across even if there is no physical contact. I think the problem would disappear if two (or multiple) clicks were ignored if they happened faster than 0.1 seconds, I probably wouldn't click faster than that so the functionality wouldn't be compromised. If say two clicks h

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Is there a way to set timeout (100ms etc) before registering the next mouse click in windows?

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