VMware does not release mouse

[Turrican3]

Hey there,

I'm having an issue similar to this one:

https://communities.vmware.com/t5/VMware-Workstation-Pro/mouse-get-quot-locked-quot-inside-VM-quick-...

and many other similar threads... unfortunately, none of the offered solutions (upgrade VMware Tools, disabling mouse trails) seems to solve my issue.

I understand I can use the ctrl+alt hotkey, but I'd definitely prefer if I could switch between the VM and the host OS seamlessly.

Any suggestions?

Currently using VMware® Workstation 16 Player - version 16.2.1 build-18811642 - virtualized OS is Windows7 Enterprise, hosted on Windows 10 Enterprise LTSB

[Turrican3 · Accepted solution]

Ok finally found what the issue was.

Magnifier was running on the Guest OS (Win7) and even though zoom level was set to 100% (i.e. wasn't zooming at all, but I didn't notice) it was affecting this specific behaviour.

As soon as I quit the program mouse acted as expected, seamlessly moving between the VM window and the host OS.