Improvement Suggestion - Windows hides mouse cursor when no mouse plugged in

[sam.hcl]

Hey @FeLiZk!!! Congratulations for the software!!! It's all I have been looking for.

I have a suggestion for a situation I have found here in my computer.

Im running Windows 8.1, a Xbox 360 wired USB controller and an USB mouse.

I plugged in the Xbox controller and installed your software. It worked fine.
So fine that I have unplugged my mouse to use it elsewhere and use only the xbox controller in my PC (Keyboard was always connected and I kept it connected).

But then I restarted the PC without the mouse plugged in, only with the controller plugged in. Windows detects that I have no mouse, so it hides the mouse cursor. I can still move the cursor with my xbox controller (I can see the items being highlited as if I moved the mouse cursor over them) but the mouse cursor is invisible.

(did I made myself clear? if not, let me know and I will give more info.)

So, can you fix this to prevent windows from hiding the mouse cursor when there is no mouse?

If you can do it, it would be perfect!!!

Thank you!!!

[Bosco the cat]

Have you tried changing this registry value?:
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System]
"EnableCursorSuppression"=dword:00000001

Source: http://www.eightforums.com/general-support/35427-how-display-windows-8-mouse-pointer-default.html#post308069

[Felizk]

Thank you for the kind words samuel! It seems to be a Windows thing that the cursor isn't shown when there isn't a mouse connected. Other users have tried turning on the accessibility option "Mouse Keys" which seems to keep the mouse cursor on the screen.

[sam.hcl]

Thanks for the quick response!!! I've had no time to deep research on this one and missed the registry thing. Will try that later and I will post here the results! Thank you once more!!!

[sam.hcl]

I got it working. The registry tweak did not work, but enabling "mouse keys" did the job! Thank you guys!