Stellarium

No mouse pointer when running Stellarium on Vista 6.0 sp2

Asked by Chuck Clover

Just installed Stellarium 0.10.6.1 on PC running Vista 6.0 w/ service pack 2. Stellarium launches but there is no mouse pointer showing on the screen. If I move the (invisible) pointer to the bottom (or left side), the tool bar does appear. When I move left or right, whatever the invisible pointer is pointing to does highlight. Also, I have to use Task Manager to stop the app. Have rebooted the PC. Thanks

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Best Matthew Gates (matthew-porpoisehead) said : 		#1

Do you have mouse tails turned on? Someone recently found that this
can cause problems.

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Chuck Clover (cmclover1) said : 		#2

Turning off mouse tails resolved the problem. Thank you for the rapid response and an example of excellent customer service.

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Hiraoka, Junichi (jazzy7388) said : 		#3

What is a MOUSE TAILS, I'm using Logicool mouse, Win VISTA, and I can't find a mouse pointer.
please let me know.

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Chuck Clover (cmclover1) said : 		#4

"Mouse Tails" is probably shown as "display pointer trails" under "pointer options" in "mouse properties" in Control panel, "hardware and sound" area. Clearing that check-box resolved the no curser visible problem.