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Stardock is pleased to announced the release of CursorFX 2.01 today. CursorFX is an application that lets users easily change their Windows cursors to one of thousands available for download. These can range from simple mouse cursors, to cursors with very detailed graphics and animations. CursorFX also includes a powerful, yet easy to use, editor in which you can create your own cursors which you can use on your own, or share with others.

What's new in version 2.01:

  • Sounds on mouse event embeddable into themes
  • New Ghost Trail effect
  • Main User Interface updated
  • Theme Editor UI updated

CursorFX is available in both a free version, and a Plus version which adds many additional features like on-click special effects, transparency, cursor resizing, and much more.  CursorFX Plus is $19.95 and there are discounts available for Object Desktop subscribers, and previous users of CursorXP Plus. 


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on Jul 09, 2008
What's new in version 2.01:


Sounds on mouse event embeddable into themes
New Ghost Trail effect
Main User Interface updated
Theme Editor UI updated


CursorFX is available in both a free version, and a Plus version which adds many additional features like on-click special effects, transparency, cursor resizing, and much more. CursorFX Plus is $19.95 and there are discounts available for Object Desktop subscribers, and previous users of CursorXP Plus.


With the update does CFX+ now support user alteration (size, color, transparency, etc) that provides a user the ability to 'save' changes to a cursor set and recall them later without having to re-tailor a preferred cursor set every time the system, or an update, burps or they want to preview a new cursor set?

It gets really tiring having to re-do some thing as simple as a cursor set all the time on top of having to keep up with every thing else that seems to keep going wrong...
on Jul 09, 2008
I have experienced the same error on a Windows XP rig with the free 2.0 version. I have loaded with 2.01 version and will experiment. From what I have seen, mine seems to happen after the computer goes into Sleep mode, and then wakes - 90% of CPU is utilized, and everything runs VERY slowly. I can fix with a full reboot...
on Jul 09, 2008
I can now say that the issue continues with version 2.01
on Jul 09, 2008
Further update.It still locks up except before I could still change cursors by double clicking it's file.It won't change them that way any more.It now crashes as soon as CFX is launched.Frankly,I find no benefit or improvement in this new free version.If anything ,it is worse than the last version. ???(
on Jul 10, 2008
No further word on this? Broken demo's won't sell products.Thanks for the trial.I think I've seen enough.At least I learned something without spending $$$ on CFXPlus. (
on Nov 17, 2008
I am also having to apply a 2nd time to get my cursor applied. I'm using v2.01 and it's not the free version, I upgraded from my cursorXPplus and while it's not that big a deal ..it's inconvenient to have to open the software, find the new cursor I want and click apply again. CursorXP and the earlier versions of CursorFX work great and its a great program. I'd never go back to the standard ani / win cursors. But, I don't have time to read the entire message list here either to see what possible solutions have been found. That's one of the main issues I have with this Blog-style these days .. too much time has to be spent digging through them to find what's relevant to you. Okay, off the soapbox. I'm reverting to the version I downloaded when I bought it. Hope a new & fixed version is presented soon in that Impulse (rather go back to sdCentral)........... goodbye and Good Luck.!
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