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What is Raw Accel?
Raw Accel is a program for Windows that allows you to customize mouse acceleration—how fast your mouse pointer speeds up when you move the mouse, making it work exactly how you like.
This is especially useful for gamers or anyone who prefers mouse acceleration, as it provides more control compared to the default acceleration settings in Windows.
What is Mouse Acceleration?
To put it simply, mouse acceleration is a feature where the mouse moves slower or faster depending on how quickly you move it.
It’s the idea of "speed up when moving fast, slow down when moving slow".
With Raw Accel, you can fine-tune and customize how this acceleration behaves to match your preferences, whether you're gaming or just using your computer for everyday tasks.
Why Use Mouse Acceleration?
- When you move the mouse slowly, your crosshair also moves slowly. This helps you aim more accurately especially when you need to make small movements or shoot from far away.
- If you move the mouse quickly, the speed increases. This makes it easier to turn fast or flick to a target without using very high sensitivity all the time.
How to Start Raw Accel With Windows and Close Itself After
Why close? This program does not need to stay opened in the background all the time. After clicking apply, the settings will stay until the computer is turned off.
1. Check Raw Accel Settings
Make sure your Raw Accel settings is applied automatically when the software is launched. You can check this setting in the Advanced tab. You can close this program after checking.
2. Create a Shortcut for Raw Accel
Go to the folder where you have installed raw accel.
In the Raw Accel folder, right-click on rawaccel.exe then navigate: Send to > Desktop (Create shortcut).
3. Move the Shortcut back to Raw Accel Folder
After that, bring the shortcut back into the Raw Accel folder (cut and paste).
- This is optional if you're okay leaving it on your desktop, but I like my desktop clean so I prefer to do this.
The important thing here is the path for the shortcut. For example, my Raw accel shortcut here is "D:\programs\RawAccel\rawaccel.exe - Shortcut". We will need this path later.
4. Create a BAT file for Raw Accel Shortcut
Now, open a Notepad and add the code below:
@echo off
start "" "D:\programs\RawAccel\rawaccel.exe - Shortcut"
timeout /t 10 /nobreak > NUL
taskkill /IM rawaccel.exe /F
Replace the red text with the path of your rawaccel.exe - Shortcut. Save it as rawaccel.bat or whatever you want to call it, as long as it ends with .bat not .txt. Save it to desktop.
The number 10 in the code refers to 10 seconds. It means the program will close after 10 seconds. You can adjust this to your preference.
If you're wondering why the shortcut is needed: It didn't work when I tried using the path for the actual program (D:\programs\RawAccel\rawaccel.exe). It launched the software without my acceleration settings.
5. Move the BAT file into Windows Startup Folder
The last step is to put the rawaccel.bat file in Windows startup folder.
Press Windows+R and type shell:startup in the box.
Startup folder will open and you need to move the rawaccel.bat file into it.
The next time you turn on your PC Raw Accel will start automatically then close itself after.
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