Edit and Apply registry settings via PowerShell

The video game Diablo 3 is a great game, however due to its extremely vibrant and chaotic particle effects during fights it can become very difficult to see the mouse cursor.

So I’ve written a quick script for Windows users to turn on mouse cursor trails in Diablo 3. It will automatically disable the trails when you exit the game. I’ve found it helps *a lot* in being able to keep track of the cursor.

No need to download anything so no keyloggers or malware here. And it doesn’t touch Diablo what-so-ever, so no chance of being banned.

Instructions

  1. Copy the script code below into a new Notepad file. Save it as Mouse Cursor Changer.ps1. You can save it to any location, but I suggest just putting it in to your Diablo folder just so its always there.
    ##############################################################################
    #                            Mouse Cursor Changer                            #
    #     Changes the mouse cursor properties on a per-application basis.        #
    # Author: Scott Richmond (www.strichnet.com)                                 #
    ##############################################################################
    # SETTINGS:
    $TrailsOnValue 			= 6 			# A value between 2 and 15
    $TrailsOffValue 		= 0 			# 0 will disable the cursor trails
    
    # Application shortcut TARGET example:
    #   powershell.exe -command "& 'C:\CHANGE ME!\Mouse Cursor Changer.ps1' " 'C:\CHANGE ME!\Diablo III.exe'
    ##############################################################################
    $SetMouseTrails = 0x005D
    
    # Signature for C# system call to Mouse properties:
    $CSharpSig = @'
    	[DllImport("user32.dll", EntryPoint = "SystemParametersInfo")]
    	public static extern bool SystemParametersInfo(
    	                 uint uiAction,
    	                 uint uiParam,
    	                 uint pvParam,
    	                 uint fWinIni);
    '@
    $CursorRefresh = Add-Type -MemberDefinition $CSharpSig -Name WinAPICall -Namespace SystemParamInfo -PassThru
    
    # Call the C# method to edit Mouse properties:
    # More info here: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms724947(v=VS.85).aspx
    $CursorRefresh::SystemParametersInfo($SetMouseTrails, $TrailsOnValue, $null, 0)
    
    # Run the application:
    Start-Process -FilePath $args[0]+'-w -launch' -Wait
    
    # Disable the cursor trails:
    $CursorRefresh::SystemParametersInfo($SetMouseTrails, $TrailsOffValue, $null, 0)
  2. Right-click Diablo3.exe and select Create Shortcut.
  3. Right-click the new shortcut and select Properties.
  4. In the Target field, paste in the following line replacing the directory paths with your own:
    powershell.exe -command "& 'C:\CHANGE ME!\Mouse Cursor Changer.ps1' " 'C:\CHANGE ME!\Diablo III.exe'
  5. That’s it! You can move the shortcut to your desktop or anywhere else.

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3 responses to “Edit and Apply registry settings via PowerShell”

  1. hm, just a black window pops up for a moment and the game doesn’t start. I tried both ‘diablo III.exe’ and ‘diablo III Launcher.exe’

    1. Scott Richmond

      Hey Lee,

      Yeah I had a few typo’s in both the script and the shortcut syntax – Diablo3.exe should actually be Diablo III.exe and I moved the ‘-w -launch’ arguments into the script itself.
      I have updated the original post so use the new versions and it should work.

  2. Same problem as Lee. black window pops up, and then nothing

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