Move mouse pointer

Question

I want to be able to move the mouse cursor by means of C# code. Surprisingly there isn't any useful link or previously asked SO question about the same.

What I really want? Just some help to write a console app that runs in a while (true) {...} loop and moves the mouse every five or so minutes.

while (true) {
    MoveMouseToRandomPosition(); //Move mouse to multiple random positions
    Thread.Sleep(5 * 60 * 1000); //Go to sleep for the next five minutes
}

What I really really want? Be able to run this console app when I am working from home on a light day so that my status in outlook does not go Yellow (which means that I have been 'Away' for more than five minutes).

Guys, please do not take this as a 'Give me teh codez' question. Hints are perfectly fine. I can code the hints myself.

have you checked this post? http://stackoverflow.com/questions/8050825/how-to-move-mouse-cursor-using-c — Alberto, May 12 '16 at 21:07
@Quakenxt: I didn't actually. It didn't show up in the recommended questions when I typed mine. Thanks. — displayName, May 12 '16 at 21:08
@displayName I haven't found the recommended questions useful when asking a question. You'll get better luck simply googling your question, and adding 'stackoverflow' on the end — Jonesopolis, May 12 '16 at 21:10
I have used this: http://www.zhornsoftware.co.uk/caffeine/ before — Cyberdrew, May 12 '16 at 21:12
@Cyberdrew: I have used Caffeine for close to 2 years now. You may add it as an answer. :) — displayName, Apr 12 '18 at 19:11
Check out this post https://stackoverflow.com/questions/24869508/moving-mouse-to-stop-monitor-from-sleeping — locknies, Oct 06 '19 at 18:02

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered May 12 '16 at 21:12

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In WinForms you can do it using the Cursor object.

private void MoveCursor()
{
   this.Cursor = new Cursor(Cursor.Current.Handle);
   Cursor.Position = new Point(Cursor.Position.X - 50, Cursor.Position.Y - 50);
   Cursor.Clip = new Rectangle(this.Location, this.Size);
}

Cursor.Position Property

answered May 12 '16 at 21:12

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This one liner also works if you just need to set the cursor to a known coordinate. Also this code does not need to be inside of a Form like the answer code does: `Cursor.Position = new Point(x, y);` – still_dreaming_1 Jun 17 '22 at 12:20

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