Windows 10: Turn On or Off Show Cursor and Effects when using Pen in Windows 10

How to: Turn On or Off Show Cursor and Effects when using Pen in Windows 10

How to Turn On or Off Show Cursor and Visual Effects when using Pen in Windows 10


If your Windows 10 device has a pen or another type of stylus, you can customize what your pen does and how it works with your PC.

You can turn on or off to show a cursor when you hover your pen over the screen.

You can turn on or off to show visual effects (ex: ripple) when you touch your pen on the screen.

This tutorial will show you how to turn on or off to show a cursor and visual effects when using a pen for your account in Windows 10.


CONTENTS:

• Option One: Turn On or Off Show Cursor and Visual Effects when using Pen in Settings
• Option Two: Turn On or Off Show Cursor and Visual Effects when using Pen using a REG file

OPTION ONE [/i] Turn On or Off Show Cursor and Visual Effects when using Pen in Settings
1. Open Settings, and click/tap on the Devices icon.

2. Click/tap on Pen & Windows Ink on the left side, and check (on - default) or uncheck (off) Show visual effects for what you want on the right side. (see screenshot below)

3. Check (on - default) or uncheck (off) Show cursor for what you want on the right side. (see screenshot below)

4. You can now close Settings if you like. (see screenshot below)









OPTION TWO [/i] Turn On or Off Show Cursor and Visual Effects when using Pen using a REG file

*note The downloadable .reg files below will modify the DWORD value in the registry key below.

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Cursors

PenVisualization DWORD

0 = Off "Show visual effects" and Off "Show cursor"
3 = On "Show visual effects" and Off "Show cursor"
20 = Off "Show visual effects" and On "Show cursor"
23 = On "Show visual effects" and On "Show cursor"


1. Do step 2 (on - both), step 3 (off - both), step 4 (off effects & on cursor), or step 5 (on effects & off cursor) below for what you would like to do.


2. To Turn On "Show visual effects" and Turn On "Show cursor" when using Pen
*note This is the default setting.
A) Click/tap on the Download button below to download the file below, and go to step 6 below.

Pen-Turn_ON_show_visual_effects_Turn_ON_show_cursor.reg

Download

3. To Turn Off "Show visual effects" and Turn Off "Show cursor" when using Pen
A) Click/tap on the Download button below to download the file below, and go to step 6 below.

Pen-Turn_OFF_show_visual_effects_Turn_OFF_show_cursor.reg

Download

4. To Turn Off "Show visual effects" and Turn On "Show cursor" when using Pen
A) Click/tap on the Download button below to download the file below, and go to step 6 below.

Pen-Turn_OFF_show_visual_effects_Turn_ON_show_cursor.reg

Download

5. To Turn On "Show visual effects" and Turn Off "Show cursor" when using Pen
A) Click/tap on the Download button below to download the file below, and go to step 6 below.

Pen-Turn_ON_show_visual_effects_Turn_OFF_show_cursor.reg

Download
6. Save the .reg file to your desktop.

7. Double click/tap on the downloaded .reg file to merge it.

8. When prompted, click/tap on Run, Yes (UAC), Yes, and OK to approve the merge.

9. sign in to apply.

10. You can now delete the downloaded .reg file if you like.

That's it,
Shawn


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Turn On or Off Show Cursor and Visual Effects when using Pen in Settings

I use a stylus on two Windows 10 computers.
- On both of them I have found it very handy to delay recognition of long presses as right-clicks
- This context menu facility can be useful at times so delaying it rather than stopping it suits me.

Control panel, Pen and touch, Press and hold - Settings
Right-click mode activation [Speed] - Long
OK





By making this setting, I am protected from natural pauses when writing onscreen.
- As I get better at using a pen onscreen I find that I am writing more naturally and that includes resting the pen on the screen momentarily at the end of words and sentences.
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(I don't have Vista anymore *Sad )

 

How to disable the cursor in Pen Mode

Hello Winfried,

This is an interesting issue. To provide you the appropriate steps that can resolve your concern, let me start by asking the following questions:

• Have you made any recent changes prior to this issue?
• Does this issue occur to all of the application that can use pen functionalities? To check those apps, press
  Windows + W keys at the same time and select any apps under
  Windows Ink Workspace.
• Does your device is set to Tablet mode? If not, you can toggle it to Tablet mode and check If the issue persists. To be guided on this, follow the steps provided on this
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In the meantime, I'd suggest to turn off the Visual Effects and check if the issue persists. To do this, type
Pen settings in the Search box and press
Enter. Untick the Show the visual effects. Once done, restart your device to apply the changes.

Your reply is most important for us to ensure we assist you accordingly.

 

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Hi

This post is more a case of making information available to those who use tablets of whatever make or model hopefully to save a mass of searching for a solution to this problem.

I've been trying out Windows 10 Preview in a dual boot system and got the dreaded pen ripple which should I suppose be called pen cripple. Nevertheless, there is a nice easy way of turning it off. This is done by going into Settings, selecting Devices and then selecting Pen on the left. When this opens you will find two options: Show Visual Effects and Show Cursor both of which will probably be turned on. Switch them off and you're done. I found this solution on the following web site but felt this info should be more widely shared:

https://windows.uservoice.com/forums...ck-like-ripple

Give it a try - it should work. I have found though that the large ring appears when you right click although that is all it does, i.e. although it appears it does not hinder your work. Please bare in mind that at the time of writing I am still working with a Preview build although I don't expect this to change when Windows 10 is officially released, and I'm on the Home version of Win10. The great thing with this is that there is no messing around with the registry.

Tracey

 

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3rd party apps like Pen Attention, Pen Focus, etc., are not able to show pen cursor on Drawboard for some reason!

So, my question is --

(1) Is there a way to customize pen cursor in Drawboard - something like a solid, semi-transparent circle?

(2) Are there any 3rd party pen-cursor-highlighting apps that work with Drawboard?

Any help is much appreciated!

Thank you.