Do you like the new mouse pointer scheme in Windows 8, but you are not ready to switch to the new operating system? Then this short how-to article will show you step by step how you can easily extract the cursor files and use them in Windows 7 or an earlier version of the Microsoft operating system.
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1. You will need access to an installation of Windows 8 Release Preview. Then navigate to C:/Windows/Cursors, select all .cur and .ani files whose names begin with aero_, and copy them to a new folder.
2. Rename all .cur and .ani files by adding a letter or number (e.g. 8) to the beginning of the file names. You need to do this so that you do not overwrite the default Windows 7 cursor files.
3. Move the mouse cursor files to a USB stick and go to your Windows 7 PC. Plug in the USB stick and then copy all the .cur and .ani files.
