Cursor keeps looping blue circle when not hovering over anything

Question

After updating to the newest Insider Beta channel version, my idle cursor keeps looping the blue loading icon. Other cursors such as Text Select work fine, only the normal icon has this problem. How do I fix it?

Answer 1

I would suggest filing Feedback so that Microsoft can investigate the problem.

https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/insider/for...

Answer 2

While I was able to Reset it, it only removed my temporary workaround and caused the issue to happen again.

Answer 3

Thank you. In Control Panel, are you able to Reset it?

https://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/5901-change...

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Answer 4

Thanks for responding.

While the problem wasn't present on a new local account, it wasn't exactly usable either due to Explorer not being started and auto-stopping when I tried to start it manually.

Edit: On further inspection, I found out Windows was incorrectly using the Working In Background cursor instead of the Normal Select one. Is there a way I could fix it?

Answer 5

Hi Its,

I am Sumit here to assist you with this question.

Beta Channel might have unexpected bugs like this. Does the issue persist in a new Local account?

How to create a Local account in Windows 11

https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/for...