Mouse Pointers - Allow or Prevent Themes to Change

    Mouse Pointers - Allow or Prevent Themes to Change

    Mouse Pointers - Allow or Prevent Themes to Change

    How to Prevent or Allow Themes to Change Mouse Pointers in Windows 7 and Windows 8
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    How to Prevent or Allow Themes to Change Mouse Pointers in Windows 7 and Windows 8


       Information
    This will show you how to allow or prevent the mouse pointers from being changed to the mouse pointers included in a new theme instead in Windows 7, Windows 8, and Windows 8.1.





    OPTION ONE

    Allow or Prevent Themes to change Mouse Pointers in Desktop Icon Settings


    1. Open the Control Panel (icons view) in Windows 7 or Windows 8, and click/tap on the Mouse icon.

    2. Close the Control Panel window.

    3. Click/tap on the Pointers tab, and do step 4 or 5 below for what you would like to do. (see screenshot below)
    Mouse Pointers - Allow or Prevent Themes to Change-properties.jpg
    4. To Allow Themes to Change Mouse Pointers
    NOTE: This is the default setting.
    A) Check the Allow themes to change mouse pointers box, and go to step 6 below. (see screenshot above)
    5. To Prevent Themes from Changing Mouse Pointers
    A) Uncheck the Allow themes to change mouse pointers box, and go to step 6 below. (see screenshot below step 3)
    6. Click/tap on OK. (see screenshot below step 3)



    OPTION TWO

    Allow or Prevent Themes to change Mouse Pointers using REG File



       Note
    The .reg files below are for the registry key and value below.

    HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Themes

    ThemeChangesMousePointers DWORD

    0 = Prevent
    1 = Allow


    1. Do step 2 or 3 below for what you would like to do.

    2. To Allow Themes to Change Mouse Pointers
    NOTE: This is the default setting.
    A) Click/tap on the Download button below to download the file below, and go to step 4 below.

    Allow_ThemeChangesMousePointers.reg


    Download

    3. To Prevent Themes from Changing Mouse Pointers
    A) Click/tap on the Download button below to download the file below, and go to step 4 below.

    Prevent_ThemeChangesMousePointers.reg


    Download

    4. Save the .reg file to your desktop.

    5. Double click/tap on the downloaded .reg file to Merge it.

    6. If prompted, click/tap on Run, Yes (UAC), Yes, and OK to approve the merge.

    7. When finished, you can delete the downloaded .reg file if you like.

    That's it,
    Shawn





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  2. Brink
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    64-bit Windows 11 Pro for Workstations
       New #1

    Tutorial updated to add Option Two. :)
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  4. TheTAMAS
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    Windows 8 Ent x64
       New #2

    I reckon,

    in registry values
    1 will allow & 0 will disallow
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  5. Brink
    Posts : 72,041
    64-bit Windows 11 Pro for Workstations
    Thread Starter
       New #3

    TheTAMAS said:
    I reckon,

    in registry values
    1 will allow & 0 will disallow
    I reckon so.
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