My guess would be a little bit of corrosion on the contacts and the act 
of removing and replacing the battery removes enough of it for the mouse 
to work.  Try cleaning the contacts with a cotton swab soaked in alcohol.

On 11/27/2013 05:50 PM, Michael Havens wrote:
> I bought my mouse two years ago and all has seemed to be good with it 
> until recently. Now it stops working until I pop the battery out and 
> then put it back in. Have you guys ever heard of that happening? Why 
> is it doing this?
> :-)~MIKE~(-:
>
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