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  • 1.  Guest cursor is not visible

    Posted May 05, 2026 01:46 PM
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    My guest cursor is not visible but working properly. But I felt little difficult working using a hidden cursor. Please see the SS attached.
    Can anyone please help me to fix this? Thanks in advance.



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  • 2.  RE: Guest cursor is not visible

    Broadcom Employee
    Posted May 06, 2026 08:04 AM

    Can you post a vmware.log from the VM in question?

    You can try adding this config option into your VM's vmx file:

    mks.noHostCursor = TRUE

    That will cause us to manually draw the cursor into the window rather than trying to accelerate it up to the Host's cursor and can fix Host-side cursor issues.

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  • 3.  RE: Guest cursor is not visible

    Posted May 06, 2026 11:26 AM

    Just checking VM setting and see if 3D Graphics is unchecked




  • 4.  RE: Guest cursor is not visible

    Broadcom Employee
    Posted May 06, 2026 03:14 PM

    Upgrade the VM's hardware version.

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  • 5.  RE: Guest cursor is not visible

    Posted May 06, 2026 05:20 PM
    Try to set your mouse pointer inverted in Windows 11 : settings >
    accessibilty > mouse > mouse pointer select the inverted icon