Windows 10: How to customize a different mouse cursor for each application?

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  1. FAUSTO ODILON
    Fausto Odilon Win User

    How to customize a different mouse cursor for each application?


    I am wordering how / if we can config different customized mouse cursors according different applications, of course, when the application itself does not have custom mouse cursors, using default windows arrow cursor.Is it possible?Thanks.

    :)
     
    Fausto Odilon, Jan 5, 2025
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  2. SRIMADHWA_B
    Srimadhwa_B Win User

    Custom mouse cursor problems

    Hi,

    Thank you for posting your question in the Microsoft Community.

    Appreciate your efforts to work on this issue.

    I can understand the situation must be difficult for you when the system doesn't work as it should.

    Please answer these questions to get more clarity on this issue:

    1. Is the issue specific to that custom mouse cursor?
    2. Are you able to see the normal cursor while using the Touchscreen?
    Ideally, when you use touch screen, mouse cursor will not be visible.

    Reply with more information to help you further.

    Regards,

    Srimadhwa B

    Microsoft Community-Moderator
     
    Srimadhwa_B, Jan 5, 2025
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  3. HOPACHI
    Hopachi Win User
    Custom Cursors


    White dotted spinners for the Default Windows cursors (working and busy)
    dotted-spinner-white.zip

    Previews:

    How to customize a different mouse cursor for each application? [​IMG]

    How to customize a different mouse cursor for each application? [​IMG]

    How to customize a different mouse cursor for each application? [​IMG]

    How to customize a different mouse cursor for each application? [​IMG]

    How to customize a different mouse cursor for each application? [​IMG]

    How to customize a different mouse cursor for each application? [​IMG]

    *jagged edges are due to GIF image compression, the actual cursors are smoother.

    How to install:
    Extract/place the cursor files from zip in the cursor folder (usually C:\Windows\Cursors) then got to mouse pointer settings and browse for the installed files after selecting the working and busy states. Apply or even save the new scheme under a new name, to easily switch back between different cursors via the drop-down theme list:


    How to customize a different mouse cursor for each application? 65149d1485963391t-custom-cursors-custom-cursors-install.png
     
    Hopachi, Jan 5, 2025
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  4. I486
    i486 Win User

    How to customize a different mouse cursor for each application?

    Custom Cursors

    They are as Hopachi named them so I left them alone. Either way it's easy to pick the correct one when I browse for them in mouse settings.

    Explain step-by-step how you attempted to apply them?
     
    i486, Jan 5, 2025
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