After 1709 the cursor stops blinking

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After updating to 1709, most of my applications will display a blinking cursor for about 6 or 7 times and then show it solid (e.g. notepad, Excel)

However, Firefox will blink the cursor forever.

Is there a registry fix that will allow the cursor to blink continuously for all applications?

I have tried adjusting the blink rate and any mouse settings to no avail.

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Perhaps it would help to update the mouse drivers to be sure they are compatible with your version of Win10.

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Oops! I thought clicking the email link would bring back my Forum ID. Anyway the Anon response was from me.

 

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PK, I use a Logitech mouse and have the same problem on all my computers with models: LX6, m510, m325 and m310. I have tried several versions of the Logitech Setpoint software, including the latest Logitech Options software for the m510 mouse I just purchased.

I experience the same problem on all computers including 1 laptop.

I have Googled the problem and tried all suggestions that were found to no avail.

 

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I just installed Windows 1803 on my laptop and the Cursor stops
blinking in about 5 seconds just like it did with Windows 1709.

I did some more investigation and found that there are a few
registry entries that control the cursor. They are found at:

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop]

The first is the “CaretTimeout”. It is the time in milliseconds that the cursor will blink.
The default is 5000 milliseconds (i.e. 5 seconds).

“CaretTimeout”=dword:00001388 (5000)

I changed it to 720000 milliseconds (12 hours) and now it blinks continuously.

“CaretTimeout”=dword:000afc80 (720000)

Another cursor function of interest is the “CursorBlinkRate”
The default cursor blink rate is 530 milliseconds between blinks.

“CursorBlinkRate”=530

I like a faster blink of 300 milliseconds between blinks so I set it to:

“CursorBlinkRate”=300

This can also be set from the Control Panel – Keyboard applet by moving the
slider to set the blink rate.

Another cursor function is “CaretWidth”. The default is 1 pixel wide.
Setting it to 2 or 3 can make the cursor stand out more.

“CaretWidth”=dword:00000001 (1)

I created a .reg file with these new entries so I can patch any new Windows release.

I hope this will be of value to others.

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