How to install custom cursors in Windows 10

How to install custom cursors in Windows 10

The cursor is a very important element on a computer. This is the "arrow" you see on the screen and represents the position of the mouse. An essential element, which sins of having a rather boring design. We explain how you can install custom cursors to improve the appearance of your Windows 10.

How to get custom cursors

To customize the cursor of our Windows 10, the first thing we will need is a pack of cursors . There are many websites that offer us free designs, cursors-4u and rw-designer being two of the most popular and the ones that we recommend.

These two websites offer us many free and personalized cursors , we just have to choose the one we like the most, click on it and then click on download. All websites of this style work in a very similar way.

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Once we have downloaded the cursors package, we open the file and see that inside there is a folder next to a READ_Me text file. What interests us is the folder , we unzip it and we will see inside all the cursors that the pack that we have downloaded contains.

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How to install custom cursors

The next step is to install the cursors that we have downloaded. For this, the first step is to open the mouse configuration application, you can do it from the start menu by searching for " Mouse configuration ".

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Now click on " Additional mouse options ".

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A new mouse configuration window will open. Click on the " Pointers " tab and then on " Browse ".

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A file explorer will open so you can find the folder that contains all of your downloaded cursors. Select the cursor that interests you and click on "Open".

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The new cursor will now be ready to select in the "Pointers" options. Simply click on "Apply" and you will be using the new cursor.

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If everything went well, you should see how your mouse cursor has changed . You can even use animated cursors to make it look more fun. Surely you will find funniest designs to surprise your friends.

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