Solved How can I change the default cursor?
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If you are talking about the spinning cursor at start up its in C/Windows/system32/imageres.dll for 32 bit
& C:\Windows\SysWOW64/imageres.dll for 64-bit
be sure to back up the old one before you make any changes
Jerry
& C:\Windows\SysWOW64/imageres.dll for 64-bit
be sure to back up the old one before you make any changes
Jerry
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So, I took a look at C:\Windows\SysWOW64\imageres.dll because I was interested in this as well.
I made a copy of the .dll and opened it in Resource Hacker.
The "Spinning blue Ring" cursor is in the PNG folder. There are then 4 sub-folders with 18 individual PNG images that represent the spinning animations. I am assuming that all 18 images in all 4 sub-folders would have to be swapped out individually to acquire the desired effect.
Too much time and effort for me!
I made a copy of the .dll and opened it in Resource Hacker.
The "Spinning blue Ring" cursor is in the PNG folder. There are then 4 sub-folders with 18 individual PNG images that represent the spinning animations. I am assuming that all 18 images in all 4 sub-folders would have to be swapped out individually to acquire the desired effect.
Too much time and effort for me!
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lol, its not that easy mate, the one I am talking about appears when the installation starts.
So, I took a look at C:\Windows\SysWOW64\imageres.dll because I was interested in this as well.
I made a copy of the .dll and opened it in Resource Hacker.
The "Spinning blue Ring" cursor is in the PNG folder. There are then 4 sub-folders with 18 individual PNG images that represent the spinning animations. I am assuming that all 18 images in all 4 sub-folders would have to be swapped out individually to acquire the desired effect.
Too much time and effort for me!
Doing with "restorator and photoshop" would be easy mate.
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Yeah, I thought you might have just wanted to change the cursors in general. 
About as easy as changing the animated glowing Windows logo at bootup, huh.
About as easy as changing the animated glowing Windows logo at bootup, huh.
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Yeah, I thought you might have just wanted to change the cursors in general.
About as easy as changing the animated glowing Windows logo at bootup, huh.
I guess you didn't notice the screen, anyways about changing the boot animation, its also easy now-a-days mate with Windows 7 boot Updater, even in SP1.
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Hmm, I'll have to check it out. Last time I looked into it couldn't find a way to do it.
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The fix
Deleting the cursors from imagres.dll is not enough. Because you will still get a quick cursor and circle pop up later in the boot sequence. What you also need to do is press the start button, type regedt32, click on the regedt32 program that pops up, and in the registry editor you need to go Hkey_users/.default/control panel/cursors. In there you need to change the cursors and the spinning circles to a blank cursor. I downloaded a blank cursor and put it in the C:/Windows/Cursors folder. And then I edited the paths in Hkey_users/.default/control panel/cursors to point to the blank cursor. This did the trick and finally removed the last remains of the cursor and spinning circle.
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Remove cursor
Hi there! I know this is an old post but I too am wondering exactly what to do with regedit as far as the paths go. I can easily get into regedit and find the cursor directory as stated, but once in there I believe there’s about 7 files inside. Which ones did you edit exactly and what paths did you write into the selected files? I’d Love to remove my boot cursor, as well as the spinning orb and so on. Not sure if anyone could make a video tutorial but that would be an amazing contribution to the world of Win 7 modification!
Thanks for any help!
Hi there! I know this is an old post but I too am wondering exactly what to do with regedit as far as the paths go. I can easily get into regedit and find the cursor directory as stated, but once in there I believe there’s about 7 files inside. Which ones did you edit exactly and what paths did you write into the selected files? I’d Love to remove my boot cursor, as well as the spinning orb and so on. Not sure if anyone could make a video tutorial but that would be an amazing contribution to the world of Win 7 modification!
Thanks for any help!
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