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TP General - Mouse trails do not appear in Windows 3.1x

Applicable to: World-Wide

SYMPTOM:
The mouse trail cannot be activated in Windows.

CONFIGURATION:
Any ThinkPad running Windows 3.1x

SOLUTION:
The setting for the mouse trails is located in the WIN.INI file, and is noted as:

MouseTrails=xxx

When xxx=7, the trails are activated, and when it is set to -7, there will be no trails. If the option "Mouse Trails" is greyed out in the control Panel, make sure that the correct video drivers are being used as not all video drivers support the "Mouse Trails" option.

Search Keywords

Mouse, Trail, Windows, Pointer

Hint Category

DOS/Windows 3.x

Date Created

19-12-97

Last Updated

22-01-99

Revision Date

19-01-2000

Brand

IBM ThinkPad

Product Family

ThinkPad 300, ThinkPad 310, ThinkPad 315, ThinkPad 340, ThinkPad 345, ThinkPad 350, ThinkPad 355, ThinkPad 360, ThinkPad 365X/XD, ThinkPad 365C/CS, ThinkPad 365CD/CSD, ThinkPad 365E/ED, ThinkPad 380, ThinkPad 380D, ThinkPad 380E, ThinkPad 380ED, ThinkPad 380XD, ThinkPad 385D, ThinkPad 385E, ThinkPad 385ED, ThinkPad 385XD, ThinkPad 500, ThinkPad 510, ThinkPad 560, ThinkPad 560E, ThinkPad 560X, ThinkPad 600, ThinkPad 700, ThinkPad 701, ThinkPad 720, ThinkPad 750, ThinkPad 755C/CS, ThinkPad 755CE/CSE, ThinkPad 755CX, ThinkPad 755CV, ThinkPad 755CD, ThinkPad 755CDV, ThinkPad 760C, ThinkPad 760E, ThinkPad 760CD, ThinkPad 760L/LD, ThinkPad 760ED, ThinkPad 760XD, ThinkPad 760EL/ELD, ThinkPad 760XL, ThinkPad 765L, ThinkPad 765D, ThinkPad 770, ThinkPad 770E/ED

Machine Type

2615, 2600, 2610, 2620, 2618, 2619, 2625, 2635, 2603, 2604, 2640, 2645, 2646, 9552, 2630, 9545, 9546, 9547, 9548, 9549

Model

Various

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