Here I'm going to explain how to make a shortcut that will easily toggle your normal mouse cursor to a stylus cursor, and then back again each time you click it.
First download and Install AutoHotKey from this link AutoHotkey Download
After the program installs run it, you should get this popup
Click yes and a text document opens up. Select All and delete
Now paste the following into the document:
Open up control panel and search for mouse, then click "Change how the mouse pointer looks"
Double click "Normal Select"
Now find and double click "aero_pen_xl.cur"
Click "Save As..."
Type in "Stylus" and click OK
Now close everything and go to "C:\Program Files\AutoHotkey" or "C:\Program Files (x86)\AutoHotkey" if you're on a 64bit OS
Right click AutoHotkey.exe and click Send to... Desktop (Create Shortcut)
Close everything and rename the new shortcut on your desktop to Stylus
*Note* The rest of this is optional, only do it if you want the shortcut on your desktop to look like a stylus
Save this file to anywhere on your computer (I put mine in my No%GBA folder) https://dl.dropbox.com/u/3046224/stylus.ico
Right click the Stylus shortcut on your desktop and click Properties, in the window that pops up click "Change Icon"
Click "Browse" and locate and double click that stylus icon file you saved (Mine is in my No$GBA folder)
Click OK, and then click OK on the next window
That's it! Now just double click the Stylus icon on your desktop to change your cursor to a stylus, and double click it again to change back to normal! Sorry that there were so many steps, but it's worth it IMO, hope you enjoy, and happy gaming with your stylus!
Note that this tutorial was written using Windows 7 64bit, so if something isn't the same for your OS then just find something similar (such as the stylus cursor icon filenames)
Also if you use myZoom by testerHooK heres a realistic DS skin to go with your new stylus: https://dl.dropbox.com/u/3046224/Jjiinx DS Skin.png
This is how the new skin and stylus looks in game:
-Jjiinx
First download and Install AutoHotKey from this link AutoHotkey Download
After the program installs run it, you should get this popup
Click yes and a text document opens up. Select All and delete
Now paste the following into the document:
Save and exit the text document.;
; AutoHotkey Version: 1.x
; Language: English
; Platform: Win9x/NT
; Author: Farhan Ahmad <[email protected]>
;
; Script Function:
; Swaps the mouse cursor schemes between the given one and "Windows Default."
;
#NoEnv ; Recommended for performance and compatibility with future AutoHotkey releases.
SendMode Input ; Recommended for new scripts due to its superior speed and reliability.
; Windows Aero scheme is a system scheme in Windows Vista and will be defined
; as a user scheme in other versions.
if (A_OSVersion = "WIN_VISTA") {
SwapCursors("Windows Aero", 2)
} else {
SwapCursors("Windows Aero", 1)
}
; Function Name:
; SwapCursors
;
; Description:
; This function swaps the mouse cursors schemes between the Windows Default
; and the given scheme.
;
; Parameters:
; schemeName - Name of the other scheme.
; schemeSource - Type of the scheme.
; 0 - None Windows Default (Probably not going to be used)
; 1 - User Scheme
; 2 - System Scheme
;
SwapCursors(schemeName, schemeSource)
{
CursorKeyNames = Arrow,Help,AppStarting,Wait,Crosshair,IBeam,NWPen,No,SizeNS,SizeWE,SizeNWSE,SizeNESW,SizeAll,UpArrow,Hand
RegRead currentScheme, HKEY_CURRENT_USER, Control Panel\Cursors
if (currentScheme = schemeName) {
schemeName = Stylus
schemeSource = 1
}
; Figure out the key that the scheme is saved at.
If (schemeSource = 0) { ; Windows default
registryKey = SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Control Panel\Cursors\Schemes
registryRoot = HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
} else if (schemeSource = 1) { ; User scheme
registryKey = Control Panel\Cursors\Schemes
registryRoot = HKEY_CURRENT_USER
} else if (schemeSource = 2) { ; System scheme
registryKey = SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Control Panel\Cursors\Schemes
registryRoot = HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
} else {
MsgBox Invalid scheme type
exit
}
;MsgBox %registryKey% %registryRoot% %schemeName% %schemeSource%
; Read the scheme
RegRead schemeToUse, %registryRoot%, %registryKey%, %schemeName%
; Write out the basic info about the new scheme
if (schemeName = "Windows Default") {
RegWrite REG_SZ, HKEY_CURRENT_USER, Control Panel\Cursors, ,
} else {
RegWrite REG_SZ, HKEY_CURRENT_USER, Control Panel\Cursors, , %schemeName%
}
RegWrite REG_DWORD, HKEY_CURRENT_USER, Control Panel\Cursors, Scheme Source, %schemeSource%
; Remove any double quotes from the scheme
StringReplace schemeToUse, schemeToUse, `", , All
; Replace the keys.
StringSplit schemeCursors, schemeToUse, `,
Loop, Parse, CursorKeyNames, `,
{
RegWrite REG_EXPAND_SZ, HKEY_CURRENT_USER, Control Panel\Cursors, %A_LoopField%, % schemeCursors%A_Index%
}
; Load the new cursors
SPI_SETCURSORS := 0x57
result := DllCall("SystemParametersInfo", "UInt", SPI_SETCURSORS, "UInt", 0, "UInt", 0, "UInt", 0)
;MsgBox Error Level: %ErrorLevel% `nLast error: %A_LastError%`nresult: %result%
}
Open up control panel and search for mouse, then click "Change how the mouse pointer looks"
Double click "Normal Select"
Now find and double click "aero_pen_xl.cur"
Click "Save As..."
Type in "Stylus" and click OK
Now close everything and go to "C:\Program Files\AutoHotkey" or "C:\Program Files (x86)\AutoHotkey" if you're on a 64bit OS
Right click AutoHotkey.exe and click Send to... Desktop (Create Shortcut)
Close everything and rename the new shortcut on your desktop to Stylus
*Note* The rest of this is optional, only do it if you want the shortcut on your desktop to look like a stylus
Save this file to anywhere on your computer (I put mine in my No%GBA folder) https://dl.dropbox.com/u/3046224/stylus.ico
Right click the Stylus shortcut on your desktop and click Properties, in the window that pops up click "Change Icon"
Click "Browse" and locate and double click that stylus icon file you saved (Mine is in my No$GBA folder)
Click OK, and then click OK on the next window
That's it! Now just double click the Stylus icon on your desktop to change your cursor to a stylus, and double click it again to change back to normal! Sorry that there were so many steps, but it's worth it IMO, hope you enjoy, and happy gaming with your stylus!
Note that this tutorial was written using Windows 7 64bit, so if something isn't the same for your OS then just find something similar (such as the stylus cursor icon filenames)
Also if you use myZoom by testerHooK heres a realistic DS skin to go with your new stylus: https://dl.dropbox.com/u/3046224/Jjiinx DS Skin.png
This is how the new skin and stylus looks in game:
-Jjiinx