As an aid for those who often "lose" their mouse pointer on their screen or on multiple screens, Windows has a feature called "Find My Mouse".
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It works by pressing the Ctrl key and displays a circle that focuses on the mouse pointer on the screen so you can find where it was lost for so long.
The feature is available in Windows 11 and Windows 10 and see how to enable it:
Step 1: Open Settings> Devices> Mouse,
Step 2: Click on "Additional Mouse Options"
Step 3: In the new window go to the "Index Options" tab.
Step 4: Select "Show pointer position when I press Ctrl".
Step 5: Click the "Apply" button
Now you can find your mouse pointer when you press the Ctrl key.
This feature is now coming to PowerToys under the title Find My Mouse. PowerToys adds finding your mouse pointer with a “different experience” to what Windows offers when you enable the aforementioned setting and press the shortcut key. The feature also supports multiple monitors.
PowerToys comes with a suite of utilities to improve your productivity and customize Windows. The collection includes Awake, Color Picker, FancyZones, File Explorer, Image Resizer, Keyboard Manager, PowerRename, PowerToys Run, Shortcut Guide and Video Conference Mute.
PowerToys may soon be getting “Mouse Utilities.” The set of utilities is expected to improve your mouse. According to information published on Github , the first mouse utility available from PowerToys is “Find My Mouse.”
To use it, you need to open PowerToys and select Enable Find My Mouse. the change here is that to see where your mouse is you have to press the Ctrl key twice.
Whether you need Find My Mouse in PowerToys or not, it's a good addition to your suite of utilities.
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