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The mouse cursor is not displayed when the ShowCursor function is set to True on Windows 8 or Windows 8.1

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Symptoms

You have a touch-screen-only system (no mouse or pen) that is running Windows 8 or Windows 8.1. When the ShowCursor function is set to True to display the mouse cursor, it returns 0 as expected. However, the mouse cursor is not displayed.

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Resolution

Update information

The fix for this problem is included in security update 3002885 . This update is dated November 11, 2014.

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Status

Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed in the "Applies to" section.

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References

Learn about the terminology that Microsoft uses to describe software updates.

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Keywords: kb, kbautohotfix, kbqfe, kbhotfixserver, kbfix, kbexpertiseinter, kbsurveynew, kbbug

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Article Info
Article ID : 3004083
Revision : 1
Created on : 1/7/2017
Published on : 6/17/2015
Exists online : False
Views : 371