Custom Cursor All Black, no color

Question

I select a Custom .cur file for my program like this:

Assembly asm = Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly();

using (Stream resStream = asm.GetManifestResourceStream("Pie_X.hand.cur"))
{
  HandCursor = new Cursor(resStream);
  resStream.Close();
}
Canvas.Cursor = HandCursor;

I have checked it in the Resource Editor and it is in full color, but in the program it appears all black. How can I fix this so that it appears in color?

Maybe you are using an invalid format. What dimensions and color depth does the cursor have? — Kendall Frey, May 12 '12 at 21:44
Compare every property that the original HandCursor with the ones of the new cursor, and see where the difference might be significant. — SimpleVar, May 12 '12 at 21:45
I don't have another hand.cur to compare it to though, and I have no idea where to look. — ρσݥzση, May 12 '12 at 21:49
But the original is black and white anyway, this cursor is meant to be colored but only black and white appear. — ρσݥzση, May 12 '12 at 21:52
Maybe it doesn't naturally support colored cursors. Try some variation of [this](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4305800/using-custom-colored-cursors-in-a-c-sharp-windows-application) answer. — SimpleVar, May 12 '12 at 21:56
I used that answer you posted, I just created the cursor files in appdata rather than embedding them. — ρσݥzση, May 12 '12 at 22:30

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Apr 16 '20 at 00:50

This is an old question, but for future readers, I think it has been answered here: https://stackoverflow.com/a/4306984/7197632

In particular, the opening paragraph of this answer says:

The Cursor class is rather poorly done. For some mysterious reason it uses a legacy COM interface (IPicture), that interface doesn't support colored and animated cursors.

That would explain why the cursor appears all-black or all-white. I experienced this problem today myself.

Custom Cursor All Black, no color

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