[comp.windows.ms] How to activate mouse from *within* Windows?

jonathan@cs.pitt.edu (Jonathan Eunice) (04/02/91)

I have a laptop on which I run Windows 3.0.  Because there is only
one serial port, I find myself constantly switching between the mouse
and LapLink cables.  Sometimes I enter Windows having forgotten to
switch the cables, so I have no mouse control.  Starting Windows again
is an easy, but time-consuming and frustrating solution.  So, is there
a way to activate the mouse from within Windows, without restarting?

As an aside, if there's a way of removing the assignment of COM1: from
the mouse temporarily, so that I can run LapLink from within Windows,
I'd like to hear that too.