Question Weird mouse cursor behaviour on windows 11

[psychobacter]

So, my windows 11 install(fresh) on my Asus Zephyrus M has a weird bug where the blue spinning circle appears when I bring the mouse pointer to a certain section of the screen. The section is a small square and while the pointer is in that zone, the mouse clicks don't work neither does scrolling. This happens everywhere, browser, apps and even on desktop. If I move my pointer outside that section everything works as normal again. So, what could be the cause of the issue and how can I fix this? I have linked the screen recording of this aforementioned weird behaviour below.

https://streamable.com/xzvvqx

 

[Colif]

Try a clean boot and see if it changes anything - make sure to read instructions and make sure NOT to disable any microsoft services or windows won't load right - https://support.microsoft.com/en-au/help/929135/how-to-perform-a-clean-boot-in-windows

if clean boot fixes it, it shows its likely a startup program. You should, over a number of startups. restart the programs you stopped to isolate the one that is to blame.

I have seen similar before, I just can't think of right words right now. Possibly an overlay or something.

 

[SeaGtGruff]

I just ran into this same issue this morning. In my case, the affected area was a bit to the left of where it was for the OP. I was able to resolve the issue (for now, anyway) by rebooting the computer.

In my case, the affected area corresponded to a list box that is supposed to be displayed if you hover the mouse over the Task Bar's Search icon without clicking on it. This is supposed to display a list box with the most recent (or most frequent?) searches in it, but in my case the list box was not there and hovering the mouse over Search would not display it-- it was like it got stuck or interrupted before it could display properly. There was nothing visible on the desktop itself, but if I opened a program window that was maximized, or extended down into that area of the screen, I could actually see a faint but transparent list box at that location.

I'm not sure what caused it to happen in the first place, but at least I now know how to make it go away.

 

[jimix]

I have the same issue intermittently after a clean install of windows 11 on my laptop. Restarting resolves the issue after it appears. I have notifications turned off in settings. It appears in a different location depending on whether I have the taskbar icons in the center or left of the screen. I think it might be related to notifications pop-ups that are blocked by my notification settings.

 

[Oarkid]

This has happened to me too, twice today (upgraded to Win11 home 3 days ago). Like SeaGtGruff (thanks for your post), the pale window outline was centred above the taskbar search icon, faintly visible on any window that extended to that area.
I found I could fix it by opening Task Manager and ending the 'Search' windows background task. The search functionality returns to normal (i.e. the task automatically restarts) and the problem disappears.

 

[Avinash Amritkar]

Hi,
I agree with SeaGTGruff. Even I noticed the same & I git rid of this problem by going to settings>>Personalization>>Taskbar>> & toggle the button of Search to off mode.

This could be a temporary solution, but atleast I am able to calmly work without getting any irritations & frustrations.