Make sure Display pointer trail is not enabled.

Make sure standard Windows scheme is set. Im running the latest VMWare 12.1.0 on the latest Big Sur release (11.0. In Windows go to Start > Control Panel > Mouse > Pointers tab/ Pointer Options tab. I have tried the solution here, but it is not working for me. Please update Parallels Desktop to the latest build:įrom the top menu bar, go to the Parallels Desktop menu, click Check for Updates. If the issue persists then follow the below mentioned steps. Set Smart Mouse option to 'Auto-detect for games' or 'Don't optimize for games' The mouse stopped working on the virtual machine, which could also be due to an old, incompatible, or corrupted mouse driver. ResolutionĬlick on Actions in the top menu bar > Configure. It is the very feature that determines, whether mouse pointer is hovering over Virtual Machine window and automatically switches, if necessary, the area of its operation. One of the probable reasons for this problem is that the Smart Mouse option is set to 'Optimize for games'. Mouse cursor does not automatically get captured when moving over virtual machine window.

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