This guide will walk you through the steps to prevent a Windows theme from changing mouse pointer settings in Windows 10, 8.x, and 7.
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Windows 11: Change the scrolling direction of the mouse (or touchpad)
Windows themes became popular on Windows 7, the same packs can now be used on Windows 8.1 and are also compatible with Windows 10. A Windows theme is a combination of unique wallpapers, colors, sounds and mouse cursor settings that are applied to your system once you double-click the .themepack file that you usually get from Microsoft just to make your computer a little more interesting.
The problem is that themeing changes settings you don't want. For example, my main PC has a Retina display and because everything on the screen looks very small natively, I have to change the Windows DPI settings and make the mouse pointer larger than usual. However, every time I install a new theme, the mouse settings go back to the default size.
This isn't a big deal, but it does get annoying over time. If you have specific preferences for your mouse pointer, you can prevent a Windows theme from changing the current cursor settings by simply modifying the a key in the Windows Registry. This guide will walk you through the steps to modify the registry in Windows so that your mouse pointer settings don't change every time you install a new theme.
