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Where is the mouse pointer? If you work with several screens, you quickly lose sight of the cursor. Sometimes wiggling the mouse doesn’t help much. That’s why you should know these smart ways to make it stand out and be found faster.

Especially when working on several screens, it often happens that the mouse pointer has disappeared– at least apparently. Then begins the wild wobble of the mouse to find the little arrow. To simplify the search, Microsoft has integrated Mouse tool

Windows gives you a quick way to find the mouse pointer by circling it when you press The CTRL key. Use search field on the taskbar, search for Mouseand select it from the list.

IN Mouse settingsselect Additional mouse options from the links on the right of the page.

IN Mouse characteristicson Pointer options tab, at the bottom, select Show the position of the pointer when I press the CTRL keyand then select OK.

To find the mouse pointer you can now always use CTRL key. An animated circle appears around the mouse pointer each time you press the CTRL key.

Other settings such as the mouse track or pointer shadow can help the cursor stand out better from the background, but these design variations are a matter of taste.

With the tip above, you save yourself the search for the mouse pointer. However, the functionality in PowerToys looks much more advanced, so an installation could be worthwhile.

Instead of a small ring, a light circle appears around the cursor, while the rest of the screen is darker. To prevent this from happening accidentally when you press key combinations, the function is only activated when CTRL key is pressed twice on the keyboard.