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How do I change all of the cursors on my PC, not just the ones in customize settings in Windows 10 (Home)?
OS: Windows 10 Home
I know how to do the basic customization of the cursor, I have changed all of that. what I want now is to customize all the rest of the cursors, like grab, zoom-in, and especially ...
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Is it possible to disable click > highlight > "accidentals" character swap in Windows?
I have been wanting to ask this for so long and it just finally got to me.
Have you ever been coding or typing and needed to click on a portion of text to highlight it and as you begin to do so, for ...
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My mouse cursor is not moving
So today whilst i was doing something on the laptop my mouse started to act weird. The cursor wouldnt stopped at random times for like 2 seconds.
But now my cursor doesnt even move! I checked the back ...
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On Windows can I change the mouse cursor icon when I'm pressing the left mouse button?
You might have noticed on some video games that the cursor changes when the left or right mouse buttons are being pressed. Can I do this on regular windows? I know that in Control panel -> Mouse -&...
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How to duplicate mouse cursor movement and clicks on windows?
Basicly what I'm trying to achieve is when moving my mouse I want to have second cursor duplicating everything I'm doing with my mouse ideally on second monitor or at least in second window or maybe ...
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What's causing my window drag delay?
I have a strange issue: When I drag a window on its title bar with the cursor, nothing happens - the window stays there for a while until some time or cursor movement. In other words, there is some ...
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Windows 10 Mouse Randomly Stops Working
having an issue with a new PC whereby the mouse randomly stops working.
When it stops working it has the following:
Cursor shows on screen.
Mouse laser/light still on.
However it cannot move or ...
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Is there a way to rotate mouse movement with 45 degrees to the right? [duplicate]
Recently I got an ergonomic mouse (Delux M618 https://www.amazon.com/Delux-M618LU-Vertical-Ergonomic-Comfort/dp/B00D19KF7U). Trouble is due to the shape, the way my hand feels most comfortable holding ...
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Windows text-select cursor randomly doubled in length, makes selecting text quickly very difficult
I was writing some code today when suddenly the length of my text select cursor doubled. I figured it was some weird glitch so I restarted my computer but it didn't affect anything. I checked in my ...
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What does the "Hide pointer while typing" feature actually do?
I'm curious about this feature, which has been part of Windows for as long as I can remember. Maybe even Windows 95 or 98.
To me, it means exactly what it says. The mouse cursor should become ...
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How can I make the mouse cursor render with software instead of hardware?
I use a program called f.lux to change the display color. However, the color does not affect the mouse: leaving it an ugly bright white. A partial fix is to set the registry value of mouse trails to -...
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Dual monitors -- Control from which edge the cursor appears at
Let me explain better. I have dual monitors. When I move my mouse toward the right edge on my primary monitor and then move it over the edge, the mouse appears on the left edge on the second monitor ...
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Why, on Windows, does the scroll speed increase when moving the cursor horizontally?
I've found that if I'm selecting text, cells in Excel, etc. by clicking & dragging, and moving the cursor to the bottom of the screen it scrolls automatically and has a constant speed. If I move ...
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Why won't cursor changes in Windows stay permanent unless the cursors are in Windows/Cursors
Every time I change my cursor in Windows, when I restart my PC it reverts back to the aero cursors. Looking on the internet for a while, a number of websites say that cursors have to be in C:\Windows\...
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Why doesn't my custom mouse cursor load after restart?
I have created a new personal preferences profile in Windows 7 which cycles my background pictures from a custom folder location and changed my mouse cursor. When I save this profile and activate it, ...
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