Change global mouse cursor in .NET

Question

I need ability to modify the cursor while my application is running, and restore it afterwards. Cursor.Current doesn't seem to work. Any other alternatives? Is there any API for this?

Thanks

Answer 1

I found out it's not a good idea to change the cursor globally. Instead I decided to follow the actual cursor via hooks, and draw my object around it.

Answer 2

Well you could try something like this (changing from with a running instance of a form in your application)

            this.Cursor = Cursors.Cross;

and reset it back to default using

            this.Cursor = Cursors.Default;

The Cursors class holds various Cursor objects you could use