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Black crosshair following my mouse

Anonymous
2024-02-28T18:21:42+00:00

I do not know how, but when I was typing, I pressed some combination of buttons, and this strange black crosshair is following my mouse. I have tried power toys and it does not work. The only assistance I can give is I was trying to press Ctrl+I to italicize.

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  1. Pauli O 15,460 Reputation points Volunteer Moderator
    2024-03-01T18:14:20+00:00

    From your profile I see that you are registered to insider program. Do you have Dev or Canary channel build 26058 or 26063 installed? That crosshair is new feature introduces in build 26058?

    Announcing Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 26058 (Canary and Dev Channels) | Windows Insider Blog

    To enable this experience, go toSettings > Accessibility > Mouse pointer and touchand enable the Pointer indicator setting. You can also search for the setting by name. When the setting is enabled, you can toggle it on/off with the keyboard shortcut,Win + Ctrl + X.

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  2. Anonymous
    2024-03-01T17:06:02+00:00

    I just have the same issue, but I can't find a solution to this, I hope somebody will get an idea to solve the problem.

    I tried Power tools, erase Logi+ software, reset mouse configuration, re install mouse driver, but not luck. I also think that the problem was typing some keys combination

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  3. DaveM121 880.8K Reputation points Independent Advisor
    2024-02-29T09:00:57+00:00

    To reset the associated registry key, enable that option in Powertoys, then restart your PC and disable that setting.

    If that does not solve this, uninstall Powertoys temporarily and restart (not shut down) your PC to see if that removes the crosshairs.

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  4. Anonymous
    2024-02-28T22:30:07+00:00

    Thanks for the attempt Dan, but try again

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  5. DaveM121 880.8K Reputation points Independent Advisor
    2024-02-28T18:58:12+00:00

    Hi, I am Dave, I will help you with this.

    I understand you have checked PowerToys, but that crosshairs is almost always created by PowerToys.

    Try pressing Ctrl + Alt + P to turn that off

    Or go to the Mouse Utilities section in PowerToys, in there you should be able to disable the 'Mouse Pointer Crosshairs' option.

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