#Windows cursors windows 7
Tip: if you are trying to locate and open the Windows 7 cursor folder from the start menu, make sure not to type a final backslash after the word " Cursors", otherwise the start menu will start displaying the content of that folder (in this case, a lot of ". The typical path of the system Cursors folder in Windows 7 is " C:\Windows\Cursors" - the actual drive letter, again, depends on the hard drive on which the operating system is installed (99% of the time, it will be " C:\", so you can safely type that path inside the start menu's search field, or Windows Explorer's address bar to load your mouse pointer files: A mouse cursor is a graphical image on the screen that echoes the movement of a pointing device, such as a mouse or a stylus.But if you click inside the address bar, on the right of the word " Cursors", Windows 7 will give you the actual path on which you will find the cursors folder:.Notice that, in its address bar, Windows Explorer displays something like " Computer > OS > Windows > Cursors": ("OS" stands for "operating system", and refers to the drive on which Windows 7 is loaded).Click on it to load your cursors in Windows Explorer. The wait cursor can display on programs using the Windows API.
The start menu will display several results, but the first one under Files should be a folder labeled " Cursors", as shown on the screenshot. The Windows wait cursor, informally the Blue circle of death (known as the hourglass cursor until Windows Vista) is a cursor that indicates that an application is busy performing an operation.It can be accompanied by an arrow if the operation is being performed in the background. The easiest way to access the Windows Cursors folder is to open the start menu and type " cursors" in the search field.Follow these steps to locate and open the Windows cursor folder, which contains all mouse pointers: