Cursor not working in recovery

Question

Hi Guys,

Noticed my laptop's pointer is no longer showing in win11 recovery. First noticed it yesterday when i wanted to reconfigure partitions using macrium rescue media.

Then saw same behviour (no mouse pointer) when i press shift+restart. I can use the arrows to navigate but no mouse pointer available when recovery options are presented.

I have ran DISM but to avail. Help!

Thanks in advance

Answer 1

Have you tried the same with an external mouse?

Answer 2

Hello

Thank you for your question and reaching out. I can understand you are  having query\issues related  to No Mouse pointer.

1. Disable any Antivirus program or Windows firewall you may have for temporary purpose.

2. Cleanup below Temp folders location -> Open Start -> Run -> Type below location one-by-one and press enter 
     C:\Windows\Temp
     %USERPROFILE%\AppData\Local\Temp

3. Run Disk Cleanup from Select C:\ Drive from Properties- > General -> Disk Cleanup - >Cleanup system files

4. Run sfc /scannow from elevated prompt.

5.  Run below DISM commands  from elevated prompt.

DISM /Online /Cleanup-Image /CheckHealth
DISM /Online /Cleanup-Image /ScanHealth
DISM /Online  /Cleanup-Image /RestoreHealth

6. Update BIOS firmware and other Drivers from Vendor website.

7. Try to Reset BIOS to Default 


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Answer 3

Double post