How To: Customize & Install New Mouse Pointer In Windows 7
Posted January 23, 2009 – 10:22 am in: Windows 7, Windows 7 GuidesWe all love to have nice animated mouse pointer. Microsoft has not made any improvements in the mouse pointer from Vista to Windows7. Though, the default mouse pointer looks good, you might want to customize it to give a fancy look.
If you don’t like the default mouse pointer of Windows 7, you can either install a new mouse pointer or you can choose any other simple pointer from the available one.
How to customize:
1. Type main.cpl either in Start menu search box or in Run dialog box, and hit enter.
2. Move to Pointers tab.
3. Select a new Pointer Scheme from the drop down menu.
4. Click Apply.
How to install a new mouse pointer:
1. Download and extract mouse pointer to C:\Windows\Cursors folder(Where “C” is your OS drive).
2. Type main.cpl either in Start menu search box or in Run dialog box, and hit enter.
3. Move to Pointers tab.
4. Just input the cursor you want to use by hitting browse button on the right and navigating to your new pointer (C:\Windows\Cursors) folder.
5.Click Apply.
6. You can also save your new cursor by a desired name by hitting Save As button.
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2 Comments
I wanted info on installing a new mouse. Don’t see it, even though that’s the key word I entered.
Thanks for your simple post about modify mouse pointers for windows 7. I think modify mouse pointer will performance it will take some long time. Your steps are useful.