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(REGRESSION) Weird mouse pointer alignment problem in one application

I'm seeing a really weird mouse pointer issue that happens only in one application.  I'm running VMware Player 16.2.1 for Linux, and the VM is Windows 10.  The app is Sketchup Make 2017, a 3D modeling tool.

In Sketchup, it appears that the mouse pointer is drawn about 10-20 pixels to the left of where it's actually pointing.  That is, the pointer looks like it's pointing at a specific position, but Windows and Sketchup act as if it's pointing somewhere else. 

I've attached a picture of the problem.  I had to take a picture of the screen using my camera because when I use a screen shot tool, the screen shot shows the mouse pointer in the correct position!  This leads me to suspect that the problem is with the mouse emulation in VMware Workstation.

In the picture, the blue line is being drawn.  You can see that the tip of the pencil is not near the line itself, but it should be.

What's weird is that this only happens in the drawing window of Sketchup.  The application menus work fine -- the mouse pointer is not misaligned there.

Does anyone have any idea what's going on?  VMware Workstation Player is really limited in terms of customization (most of the Google searches I've seen provide tips that only work on regular VMware Workstation.

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