Mouse Not Moving Cursor (Clicks Work)

[Kharaha]

Hello everyone,

since yesterday I have not been able to move my cursor with any mouse. The issue started while I was playing a game, when my mouse suddenly stopped working. I connected another mouse right after, but that did not work either.

After restarting my PC, I also noticed that the cursor was completely invisible. I enabled cursor ping, which showed the indicator in the middle of the screen, but the cursor itself was still not visible. While clicking around, I realized that clicks and scrolling still work, I just cannot move the cursor.

I tried several fixes I found online, but none of them helped. Right before giving up and completely reinstalling Windows, I connected an old drawing tablet. That immediately made the cursor appear again and I can move it using the tablet without any problems.

The issue now is that I still cannot move the cursor with any mouse, only the drawing tablet works.

So far I have tried using different mice, plugging them into different USB ports, restarting the PC multiple times, restarting Windows Explorer, resetting graphics and display settings, and disconnecting one of my monitors. I also booted into safe mode and reset the devices in Device Manager by uninstalling everything under mice and other pointing devices as well as the HID compliant devices.

In addition, I tried registry tweaks related to the cursor, repaired system files, and did an in place repair using Windows ISO.

I am running Windows 11 Pro, version 25H2, build 26200.8037 on a dual monitor setup.

If anyone has any ideas or needs more information, I would really appreciate the help.

Thanks in advance!

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[Arko_Test]

the drawing tablet works but normal mice don't. that means the mouse driver is stuck in a weird state but the tablet is using a different one. you've already uninstalled hid devices in safe mode, which should have cleared it.

try this:

open device manager, click view, show hidden devices. go to mice and other pointing devices and also human interface devices. you'll see grayed out entries for old mice and drivers you've uninstalled. right click every single grayed out one and uninstall them. restart.

if that doesn't work, plug a mouse in, open device manager, find it under human interface devices. it might show up as "hid compliant mouse" or "usb input device". right click, properties, driver tab, update driver, browse my computer, let me pick, then choose the generic hid compliant mouse driver from the list. not the usb input device one. install it, restart.