Q: I’m running Windows and my mouse occasionally seems to disappear – what causes this?

A: Few things are more frustrating than trying to move your mouse pointer only to realize it seems to have vanished into thin air. While it can feel like a mysterious glitch, there are several common reasons this happens, and most have simple fixes.

Application-specific behavior

Certain applications temporarily hide the pointer on purpose. Video players, presentation tools, and even some games will make the cursor disappear when you’re not moving the mouse, so the screen looks cleaner. A quick wiggle of the mouse usually brings it back, but if you don’t know the program does this, it can feel like a glitch.

Driver or update problems

Occasionally, outdated or corrupted mouse and graphics drivers can

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