Re: Customizing cursors...how?

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From: Wesley Vogel (123WVogel955_at_comcast.net)
Date: 11/06/04 

Date: Fri, 5 Nov 2004 22:04:09 -0700

Keep having fun! ;-) 

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Hope this helps.  Let us know.
Wes
In news:9B90E67B-B735-4C8C-BFEC-9176B38601FE@microsoft.com,
Ambience <Ambience@discussions.microsoft.com> hunted and pecked:
> Thank you so very much, Jerry and Wes!  When I got to the control
> panel (mouse) I realized that I had saved my cursor in a different
> file...so I found it and moved it. And now I have my cursor. Thank
> you so much!  :-) God bless you!!
> 
> "Wesley Vogel" wrote:
> 
>> Cursors have a .cur extension.
>> They live here >>>
>> C:\WINDOWS\Cursors
>> 
>> Copy or move your downloaded file here >>>
>> C:\WINDOWS\Cursors
>> 
>> To change the appearance of your mouse pointer
>> Open mouse...
>> Start | Run | Type:    control mouse     | OK |
>> Pointers tab |
>> Do one or both of the following:
>> To change all of your pointers at one time, select a new scheme under
>> Scheme.
>> To change one pointer, select it in the Customize list. Click
>> Browse, and then double-click the name of the new pointer you want
>> to use for that task. 
>> 
>> [[A pointer scheme is any combination of pointers used on your
>> desktop. You can change any number of pointers and then save them as
>> a new scheme by clicking Save As under Scheme. The new scheme will
>> appear in the list under Scheme. ]]
>> 
>> 
>> --
>> Hope this helps.  Let us know.
>> Wes
>> 
>> In news:1CE53C19-398F-4AEC-BB38-488A80022A0E@microsoft.com,
>> Ambience <Ambience@discussions.microsoft.com> hunted and pecked:
>>> Hi, all! :-)
>>> 
>>> I downloaded an icon that I wanted for my cursor (it is a
>>> cursor)...after I downloaded it....I opened it...and now I can't
>>> figure out how to get the icon to "become" my cursor.   Any help
>>> would be greatly appreciated! :-)

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