How to Fix Custom Cursor Resetting After Reboot in Windows

This video shows you how to fix the issue of your cursor pack resetting back to the default Windows one after restarting your computer. The steps are below:

1. Locate the folder of your custom cursors wherever you have it downloaded.

2. Move it to Local Disk (C:) - Windows - Cursors.

3. Go to Control Panel - Hardware and Sound - Mouse - Pointers.

4. Click ‘OK’ for each message that pops up saying the cursor pack was moved. Reassign each custom cursor to its proper one and save the cursor scheme.

Now, you will no longer see the standard Windows cursor when you reboot. It will remain as your custom one!

[shrimpkraken]

the chair squeaking, the mic buzzing and the rambling make this video perfect

[pythoneu]

i love this guy, hes not like other tutorials, he gets straight to the point in a very concise and clear way, im liking and subbing

[PixelatedCube]

Great tutorial, but even greater tutorial stereotypes! The music, the chair, the 'umm's and background, the BandiCam logo... It's all so perfect! This plays like a memory.
Thank you IceCreamJunkie

[adumbledoor]

The music, the background noise, and the mic quality make it seem like a parody. Love it. xD

[willichtenstein]

Lovely video. Its refreshing to find good concise video answers.

[bhavyadeepyadav]

Man You are so learned!! This helped me... I had to open my mouse settings all the times but now its all happening well!!


Thanks!! You have a new Subscriber!!

[michaelkrailo]

One critical thing you did not mention was that the cursor file names cannot have spaces in them! They won't show up in the windows cursors folder until any spaces are removed from the names. If you downloaded files with spaces in the names just rename using underscores instead. Then the files can be copied over without any trouble.

[spcycrcle]

Thank you so much! I was looking for a solution for hours! Subbed!

[sameervashisth]

You are the best. I have been suffering from this problem of going to the cursors again and again. Thank you very much!!

[shondavis]

Three Years later and this video still helps, thank you so much for the tutorial it helped a bunch.

[noconflicts]

Finally, a real solution. So many others that didn't work, and yours is simple and straightforward. And, as someone else said, you get right to the point without all of the other dialog so many others have. Thank you!

[dappy]

Simple, straight to the point, and short. Thanks a lot

[Cloud]

The problem is actually caused by a bugged HKEY in the registry - if you save your cursors within your personal User folder (eg C:\Users\cloud\myFolder\myCursor.ani), Windows tries to use %UserProfile% rather than an absolute path. This is why things are fine when stored in a user folder (eg C:\Windows\Cursors\ is not in C:\Users\cloud\) and is also fine when storing in another hard disk (eg D:\myCursor.cur)

[Maverick_Cabuguas]

Watching this in 2023, very helpful. Thanks a lot man!

[GreabGroovy]

perfect tutorial, it works, bandicam watermark, subscribe wallpaper, squeaky chair, square ratio monitor

[dwadthechad]

This is one of those golden gems on yt where it looks like it's a joke but it's actually amazing.

[ABeastMadeOfSteel]

Thank you, now I can finally sleep in peace without this on the back of my mind!

[Bokatrice]

Another good note! Changing your cursor size in the mouse settings works on custom cursors too, though if they aren't designed for it, they might get pixelated.

[jsrana]

Thanks a lot! I have changed my cursor like 30 times and couldn't find any video to fix this, but when I was about to give up I found this.

[maff]

This is the best way to make a tutorial. Humor all over it and i love it. None of those boring tutorials with no expressions at all. Plus, this helped alot. Thanks!