Mouse utilities

Mouse utilities is a collection of features that enhance mouse and cursor functionality on Windows.

Find my mouse

Activate a spotlight that focuses on the cursor's position by pressing the Ctrl key twice, using a custom shortcut, or by shaking the mouse. Click the mouse or press any keyboard key to dismiss it. If you move the mouse while the spotlight is active, the spotlight will dismiss on its own shortly after the mouse stops moving.

Settings

From the settings page, the following options can be configured:

Setting	Description
Activation method	Choose between Press Left Ctrl twice, Press Right Ctrl twice, Shake mouse or Custom shortcut.
Minimum distance to shake	Adjust sensitivity.
Activation shortcut	The custom shortcut used to activate the spotlight.
Do not activate when Game Mode is on	Prevents the spotlight from being used when actively playing a game on the system.
Overlay opacity	The opacity of the spotlight backdrop. (default: 50%)
Background color	The color of the spotlight backdrop. (default: #000000)
Spotlight color	The color of the circle that centers on the cursor. (default: #FFFFFF)
Spotlight radius	The radius of the circle that centers on the cursor. (default: 100px)
Spotlight initial zoom	The spotlight animation's zoom factor. Higher values result in more pronounced zoom animation as the spotlight closes in on the cursor position.
Animation duration	Time for the spotlight animation. (default: 500ms)
Excluded apps	Add an application's name, or part of the name, one per line (e.g. adding Notepad will match both Notepad.exe and Notepad++.exe; to match only Notepad.exe add the .exe extension).

Mouse Highlighter

Display visual indicators when the left or right mouse buttons are clicked. By default, mouse highlighting can be turned on and off with the Win+Shift+H shortcut.

Settings

From the settings page, the following options can be configured:

Setting	Description
Activation shortcut	The customizable keyboard command to turn mouse highlighting on or off.
Left button highlight color	The highlighter color for the left mouse button.
Right button highlight color	The highlighter color for the right mouse button.
Always on highlight color	The highlighter color for the mouse pointer.
Overlay opacity	The opacity of the highlighter.
Radius	The radius of the highlighter - Measured in pixels.
Fade delay	How long it takes before a highlight starts to disappear - Measured in milliseconds.
Fade duration	Duration of the disappear animation - Measured in milliseconds.

Mouse jump

Mouse jump allows moving the mouse pointer long distances on a single screen or across multiple screens.

Setting	Description
Activation shortcut	The customizable keyboard command to activate the mouse jump.
Thumbnail Size	Constrains the thumbnail image to a maximum size. The default size is 1600x1200 pixels.
Appearance	Expand this section to adjust the popup appearance by customizing the colors, borders, spacing, and more.

Mouse pointer Crosshairs

Mouse Pointer Crosshairs draws crosshairs centered on the mouse pointer.

Setting	Description
Activation shortcut	The customizable keyboard command to turn mouse crosshairs on or off.
Color	The color for the crosshairs.
Opacity	(default: 75%)
Center radius	(default: 20px)
Crosshairs thickness	(default: 5px)
Border color	The color for the crosshair borders.
Border size	Size of the border, in pixels.
Automatically hide crosshairs when the mouse pointer is hidden
Fix crosshairs length
Crosshairs fixed length (px)

Install PowerToys

This utility is part of the Microsoft PowerToys utilities for power users. It provides a set of useful utilities to tune and streamline your Windows experience for greater productivity. To install PowerToys, see Installing PowerToys.