Cursors - Doesn't seem to change from default

Customization
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I have a cursor I like but when I select it in the customisation options, it doesn't change from the default one on Zorin.

2

Did you logout and login again?

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No. I just chose the custom cursor and nothing happens at all.

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If it is a x11 cursor theme it may not work if you are on wayland. You can check that at settings>about.
To switch to Xorg (X11) logout and at login click on your profile then a cog wheal appears at the bottom right. There select "Zorin Desktop on Xorg".

And you extracted the cursor theme and put it to
usr/share/icons,
~/.icons
or
~/.local/share/icons?

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Standby...just changed to Xorg.

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Is it a cursor theme for gnome?
You can find suitable ones at

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The one I am trying is
Win10OS-cursors

Win10OS-cursors

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Do You have extract the downloaded File? Because this is a compressed File, You have to extract it.

And where You have putted the Cursor Theme?

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`~/.local/share/icons this one.

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The path is right. Maybe it no longer works because it is not maintained? Unfortunately there are also no current comments to see if it still works.

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I read that another cursor theme where this one is based on not worked at ~/.local/share/icons but at ~/.icons. They should work both, but you could try if it makes a difference.

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So do i create a folder called .icons within share?

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No, there where your .local folder is saved, in your home directory at /home/USERNAME/ create a folder and name it .icons

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That's it.

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Glad to hear!

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I read that another cursor theme where this one is based on not worked at ~/.local/share/icons here but at ~/.icons. They should work both, but you could try if it makes a difference.

If that doesn't work, sometimes just putting the cursor folder in /usr/share/icons/ helps (you'll need sudo for that), but for individual customization, ~/.icons is definitely better.

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Good point. For clarity the .local | share | icons means only the user who is logged in can access that theme, whereas placing it in usr | share | icons means it is available system-wide but it is normally protected so you would need to temporarily 'chown' to your user to access it, but remember to 'chown' back to 'root' once you have finished.