Now that CursorFX is working on my rig, I'm seeing the Windows default pointer suddenly show up when the cursor is hovered over certain system buttons or items in some dropdown lists. Never saw that with CXP. I tried to snag a screenshot but PrintScreen captures everything but the Windows pointer.

I must say also that CursorXP was far superior in creating new cursor themes. In CursorXP when you went to create a new theme, it automatically imported whatever current cursor set you were using (if the cursors were applied by something other than CursorXP) and it imported the X,Y coordinates too. In CursorFX, it imports nothing automatically. A step backwards I would say. Any way of getting this ability added back into CursorFX? (

I took the plunge after Snidely's remark about CursorFX working on Vista64 bit. Everything seems to work fine here, including the old CursorXP-themes.

I like the preview option which shows all cursors and animations (I always found it tedious loading each cursor and then testing it on a heap of different windows to see all animations). Well done!

For those that have problems: I first loaded the default Windows cursor through the Windows panel - then unloaded CursorXP plus - backed up all CursorXP-themes - uninstalled CursorXP - installed CursorFX plus through Stardock Central - moved the CursorXP-themes to c:\Users\Public\Documents\Stardock\CursorFX\Themes (this path would apply to Vista only) - started CursorFX.

OK, I will try to explain it a little more Alberto. I create 32 x 32 PNG's and make cursors out of them using Microangelo Toolset 6. I then create a cursor theme for use with one of Stardock's competitors products that I also design themes for, and apply them with that product.

I would then open CursorXP and go to create a new theme. When I did that it would automatically come up with the currently applied cursor sets images and the X,Y coordinates already set. Granted, I would have to re-import the PNG's because the cursors were messed up a little regarding transparency, but I would not have to worry about setting the X,Y coordinates again.

In CursorFX, it is very difficult to set the X,Y coordinates. Sure you can do it by moving the little crosshair in the window, but it can be really tough to align correctly on such a small preview area. It would also be better if you could scroll those values up and down in their respective fields in CursorFX rather than having to type in the coordinates to align crosshair. Maybe I am missing something, but I guess my main concern is that the crosshair is difficult to align for instance to the exact location on the cursor itself, very difficult.

One more thing, there was the ability in CursorXP to temporarily disable it completely, can that be added to CursorFX?

This could be related to my ongoing issue of having a lot of cursors available. Besides being extremely slow to load, with a lot of cursors the Control Panel will go transparent when you click anywhere within it. Or the program will simply crash. I applied the latest update today, but once again there is no resolution. I am still waiting for support to advise on this problem. The only solution so far is to not have very many cursors in the Themes folder.

Same here, and to support Stardock for all the goodies over the years. I have the Plus version, but it still crashes with the latest version. I just want all the cursors I've downloaded over the years to be available.

The latest update (2.00.004) cleared this up for me.
XP SP2 CursorFX Plus.

I will return to CXP & CXP-Plus. The free download of FX lacks the mirror-effect, one of the main reasons for me to use the programm.
Emmy1960

LightStar - Ctrl-Shift-C still works to toggle CFX on/off.

Alberto -

The problem with the default windows pointer appearing when hovering the cursor over certain system buttons and items in dropdown lists remains in the .004 version (XPP SP2). This is in apps where this was not occurring with CXP. Still can't get PrtSc to capture it, I'm afraid. PrtSc will capture the CFX cursor image, but not the Windows default pointer when it shows up for some reason. FWIW, the default pointer shows up as soon as you call up the domain ShutDown dialog now - the CXP cursor remained active until after that dialog before.

Man this is fun watching the boards go crazy when buggy code is put out. SD will fix it. They always do. Right?

I agree aufisch, CFX loads friggin slow and I only have 66 cursors loaded. The CursorFX Control Panel is a hog too! Right now it's using 26,656k RAM, 91,388k VM, 33 Handles (ok), 14 User Obj (ok) but it sucks up 1,124 GDI Objects! The only other hog that can beat this is iTunes 7.

Want some more fun? Double click on the LightRing cursor, open task manager and check out this memory hog. LightRing is sucking 14,880k right now, and just as high on VM; and %cpu skyrockets with effects when moving the cursor around. Try using the smoke trails and your cpu may fly right off your desk.

I got CFX to totally lock up my XPSP2 system by going through the cursors and trying them on for size. Occasionally, when switching cursors a popup warning comes up saying "do you want to override the current theme's on click effects?" Clicked on Yes a couple of times, then clicked on No another time and WHAM the whole machine locked up. Ctl,Alt,Del wouldn't even work. Had to do a hard reboot.

Anyway, all this messing with CFX has made for a fun day. It's been much more fun than studying Organic Chemistry anyhow, so keep the code a commin. You build it, we buy it, we break it, you fix it. Isn't that how the software world is supposed to work?

Have a good night 'yall.