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Installing and Using Animated Cursors in Windows 95


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a. After you have downloaded your animated cursors, place them in the WINDOWS\CURSORS directory.

b. Next, open up the CONTROL PANEL and double click on the mouse icon:

Control Panel

c. Next, Click on the POINTERS tab:

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d. Next,

    1. Select ANIMATED HOURGLASS from the pull down menu

    2. Select SAVE-AS

    3. Then type in the name of the cursor scheme you want to create:

Pointers tab

e. There are several Windows tasks that can be assigned a cursor. Select which task you want to assign your animated cursor to. A couple of good choices are Working in Background and Busy.. Highlight the cursor you want to replace, then click the browse button:

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f. Highlight the animated cursor you want to use (animated cursors have the extention *.ani), then click the open button:

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g. Repeat step f for each cursor you want to use, then click the apply button:

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