SetSystemCursor not honoring cursor size

Question

I'm currently trying to set the system cursor to loading cursor while I'm processing certain information on my software then restoring the default cursor. But I'm facing an issue when my computer accessibility configuration has the size of mouse computer at maximum value, everything seems to be working while my app is running but when the program finish its execution, some how the cursor is reset to the minimal size value.

Here is a sample code that I'm trying:

#include <iostream>
#include <windows.h>
#include <WinUser.h>
#define OCR_NORMAL 32512
int main()
{
    std::cout << "Hello World!\n";
    auto default_arrow = ::CopyIcon(::LoadCursor(nullptr, IDC_ARROW));
    auto  wait_cursor = ::CopyIcon(::LoadCursor(nullptr, IDC_WAIT));
    ::SetSystemCursor(wait_cursor, OCR_NORMAL);
    std::cout << "load cursor was set\n";
    system("pause");
    // restoring system cursor
    ::SetSystemCursor(default_arrow, OCR_NORMAL);
    system("pause");
    DestroyCursor(wait_cursor);
    DestroyCursor(default_arrow);
    system("pause");
}

Answer 1

Try this -

#include <iostream>
#include <windows.h>
#include <WinUser.h>
#define OCR_NORMAL 32512
int main()
{
    std::cout << "Hello World!\n";
    auto  wait_cursor = ::CopyIcon(::LoadCursor(nullptr, IDC_WAIT));
    // Documentation says that the system will destroy wait_cursor
    ::SetSystemCursor(wait_cursor, OCR_NORMAL);
    std::cout << "load cursor was set\n";
    system("pause");
    ::SystemParametersInfoA(SPI_SETCURSORS, 0, NULL, SPIF_SENDCHANGE);
    std::cout << "Cursors have been reset\n";
}