Policy

Prevent changing mouse pointers

Prevents users from changing the mouse pointers. By default, users can use the Pointers tab in the Mouse Control Panel to add, remove, or change the mouse pointers. If you enable this setting, none of the mouse pointer scheme settings can be changed by the user.

Policy
Pack Microsoft Windows
Category Control Panel / Personalization
Policy ID eaef34f39020
Internal name CPL_Personalization_NoMousePointersUI

Registry

Copy registry mappings

HKCU\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Personalization\NoChangingMousePointers (enabled) = 1
HKCU\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Personalization\NoChangingMousePointers (disabled) = 0

Policy notes

Prevents users from changing the mouse pointers. By default, users can use the Pointers tab in the Mouse Control Panel to add, remove, or change the mouse pointers. If you enable this setting, none of the mouse pointer scheme settings can be changed by the user.

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