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shtaklef Jan 11, 2020 @ 11:57am

windows cursor is showing in some games

the windows white cursor is not going away when i launch some old games like final fantasy 8 and 9. full throttle remastered, day of the tentacle remastered and world of final fantasy. i have to move the mouse to a corner to hide it. in other games the cursor is getting hidden when i launch the game. why is this happening in some games and in others no? does windows 10 have issues with some games?

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Crazy Tiger Jan 11, 2020 @ 11:59am

It could be that some games are launching in borderless window and are displayed "in the background". Just alt-tab out and in to the game to see whether the mouse cursos persists.

Komrade Jan 11, 2020 @ 12:02pm

Originally posted by Crazy Tiger:
It could be that some games are launching in borderless window and are displayed "in the background". Just alt-tab out and in to the game to see whether the mouse cursos persists.

Alt+enter, not alt tab.

Crazy Tiger Jan 11, 2020 @ 12:06pm

Originally posted by notkennyS:
Originally posted by Crazy Tiger:
It could be that some games are launching in borderless window and are displayed "in the background". Just alt-tab out and in to the game to see whether the mouse cursos persists.
Alt+enter, not alt tab.

I'm not talking about switching between fullscreen and borderless fullscreen, I'm talking about switching active programs. That can be enough to make a cursor go away.

So yes, alt-tab. He can try alt-enter if he wants to, of course.

shtaklef Jan 11, 2020 @ 12:11pm

didnt work. i tried both. so then if a game is launched in borderless window the mouse cursor shows?

Last edited by shtaklef; Jan 11, 2020 @ 12:13pm

wuddih Jan 11, 2020 @ 12:45pm

Originally posted by notkennyS:
Originally posted by Crazy Tiger:
It could be that some games are launching in borderless window and are displayed "in the background". Just alt-tab out and in to the game to see whether the mouse cursos persists.
Alt+enter, not alt tab.

alt+enter, if it even has any function within a game, is usually for toggling between window and fullscreen mode. in the majority of games it will not do anything.

alt+tab certainly works for everything and cycling through windows can refocus and sometimes fix cursor issues.

you usually have to troubleshoot such stuff for each game. there will be no unified solution for everything but sometimes you get multiple flies with on clap.

Last edited by wuddih; Jan 11, 2020 @ 12:45pm

soup Jan 10, 2024 @ 2:40pm

Originally posted by Crazy Tiger:
It could be that some games are launching in borderless window and are displayed "in the background". Just alt-tab out and in to the game to see whether the mouse cursos persists.

ty so much this helped