How do I keep my mouse from leaving the window on FPS games?

This issue applies to every fullscreen game I play. I click on the game and it runs as normal but when i move my mouse to the right, it goes onto my other monitor. This is annoying and I have tried everything from reinstalling mouse drivers, rebooting my pc, uninstalling and installing my game again and nothing has fixed it. Alt+enter does nothing it still moves over to my other monitor. I've disconnected my monitor and it doesn't fix the issue. I am on windows 11 and my pc was working fine until about 4 days ago. Ever since, I have been forced to disconnect my second monitor so that I can play my game. This is uncomfortable as I usually listen to music or watch youtube on that monitor and now I have to pause my game to switch to that window. Please help in any way you know, I appreciate your efforts.

                                                             Sincerely, Timthe49er

Hi JB Bailey,

Thank you for getting back to us.

It is common for the mouse cursor not to be visible in most games.

Is the cursor escape the same even when using different types and versions of graphics drivers?

If you need to rule out some possibilities more specifically, further testing will usually be based on a more macro idea.

For example, build a new Windows on a new disk.

Best Regards,

Kyo.Y - MSFT | Microsoft Community Technical Support

I'm pretty sure you understand the problem, however I would like to be more specific just to rule out some of the possibilities.

When I'm playing a shooter game (or any game where the mouse turns invisible and is locked in the middle of the screen), my mouse freely moves, while still invisible, around the game window. It doesn't go off the screen, as I have a single screen laptop. I have tried a clean boot and it doesn't seem like background programs are the problem and I have also made sure my drivers are up to date.

If this helps, please get back to me when you have a chance.

Talk soon, JB

Hi JB Bailey,

Welcome to Microsoft Community.

Based on the original description, the device seems to be experiencing issues related to the unexpected cursor movement.

In most cases, the ideas shared by other community members in this thread work, such as changing the game mode (fullscreen mode, borderless mode), reinstalling a different version of the driver, or even third-party software.

If they don't work, it could mean that there is something interfering or that there may be an anomaly in the components of the system that are used to handle mouse behavior, such as an unknown corruption.

To minimize other software-level distractions, you may need to configure a relatively clean environment, such as a new profile or clean boot.

Is the situation the same when you observe it in a relatively clean environment (for example, new local account, safe mode, clean boot)?

• Create a local user or administrator account in Windows - Microsoft Support
• Clean Boot starts Windows with a minimal set of drivers and startup programs. It can be used to determine whether a background service or program is interfering or causing a problem.

These steps of "clean boot" might look complicated at first glance. However, to avoid any trouble for you, please follow them in order and step-by-step.

Please be careful not to disable any services that may be related to security credentials or security authentication, such as TPM, Security, Credential.

As for the drivers themselves, sometimes, the latest version of a driver is somehow similar to an "outdated" driver, it may conflict with a particular version of the game/graphics API.

If this is not a problem that has existed since you have been using Windows, you can try performing some tests on the driver, such as clean install of the mouse drivers or graphics drivers, and then installing different version of the driver.

• Microsoft Basic Display Driver - Windows drivers | Microsoft Learn IHV means Independent Hardware Vendor.
• Examples of choosing different types of drivers
• The content in the following link mentioned the tool for cleaning up the graphics driver. How to Use the Display Driver Uninstaller (DDU) to Uninstall an... (intel.com) Download Intel Drivers and Software

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If I misunderstand your situation, feel free to correct me and share the information.

Best Regards,

Kyo.Y - MSFT | Microsoft Community Technical Support

Ok, I appreciate the help!