When I move mouse, mouse cursor disappears and reappears. How to fix it?

20.04 virtualization vmware-workstation mouse-pointer

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I just ran into this issue this week as well at school. I was able to fix it by doing the following:

In VMware go to Edit/Preferences.
Under the Input menu I changed the option for Optimize mouse for games to Always, which had been previously set to Automatic.

I hope this helps.

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Updated on September 18, 2022

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A Dub over 1 year

I have created an Ubuntu VM with VMware on my Windows 10 laptop. When I move the mouse cursor in Ubuntu, it starts flickering and disappearing and reappearing.

I am using Ubuntu 20.04.
- gekepdp about 3 years
  
  When you full screen it, does it work? If not then try installing Vmware tools
- A Dub about 3 years
  
  Also, I noticed that this mouse lag also happens with other linux OSes like Zorin OS on VMware.
- A Dub about 3 years
  
  I am not able to install VMware tools as install VMware tools option is greyed out.
- datakid almost 3 years
  
  I am also seeing this issue, Win10 host, Ubuntu 20.04.2 client, VMplayer 16.1.2 build-17966106, open-vm-tools Version: 2:11.2.5-2ubuntu1~ubuntu20.04.1 I found that the issue only happens on my second monitor, not on the laptop's monitor. Weird.
- user1563165 about 2 years
  
  If you are using Microsoft baisc display driver, upgrade your display driver accroding to your display card and the mouse problem solved.
A Dub about 3 years

I have tried this already. Mine was also on automatic. I changed it to always and I also changed it to never, but still in both cases, it didn't work.
Matt about 3 years

I would try to figure out why VMware tools won't install. What does the Greyed out portion say? Reinstall or Install?
Matt about 3 years

you can use the following command to check to make sure it is installed. vmware-toolbox-cmd -v
Kashyap about 2 years

Where is "In VMware" ? VMWare Player's "Preferences" or VM's "Virtual machine settings" have no such option (Optimize mouse)
Dave about 2 years

This is a poor answer. This LOCKS the mouse into the screen. When enabling this feature it feels like vmware tools is not even installed.
Admin almost 2 years

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