Hello everybody,

I have a little problem with winstep ultimate.
I use 2 monitor with windows 8.1 x64
Everytime i try to move my mouse to the second monitor (or from the second monitor to the first one)
my pointer get stuck at the end of the monitor and ONLY a fast mouse movement will make the pointer break trough to the other monitor.

Everytime this happen i have to go to the winstep setting and mess up with the stuff in there.

Check/uncheck a bunch of things

-Position
Dock screen to edge
Prevent maximized windows from overlaping the dock

-Behavior
Lock icons and prevent them from being dragged
Prevent dock from being moved by dragging with the mouse pointer

After i mess around with some settings, it gets back to normal and i can move from monitor 1 to 2 without problem

If i close nexus ultimate this problem goes away.

I really can't pin down to what setting is causing this problem and it's seems really random.

If anyone have an idea please let me know.

There is no way Nexus is directly causing that, take my word for it.

I remember some time ago there were some Windows power toys, and, if I remember correctly, one of them made the mouse pointer decelerate when over a window or something. Perhaps it could be something like that? Check your mouse settings in the Windows control panel.

Also, if you are using an optical mouse, try using compressed can air to clean the lenses.

Thank you for your answer.


I found out what it is :
Windows sticky corner

The weird part is that the problem comes back again even after the registry fix
and only closing winstep fix it (so i have to close/reopen everytime the problem appear)

If you look at the video in the link above, you can clearly tell if the corners are sticky or not, and, as soon as the sticky corner reappear (after the reg fix) closing winstep instantly fix it.


There is also an interesting post in the comment


I'm not sure if, or, in what way winstep interact with explorer.exe or windows 8.1 but this might be the reason why closing it fix the problem.

I'm not really sure how this all works, but closing and reopening winstep fix it.

Unfortunately I have no idea why re-starting Winstep 'fixes' (or seems to) the problem, all I know is that Winstep does not meddle with the mouse pointer in any way, so I'm at a loss to explain it, same as you. I guess that question would have to be directed at Microsoft.

Thanks for letting me know about the Windows 8.1 Sticky Corner 'feature'.

I hope this could be helpful. (excuse my English as I speak French). I am using 2 monitor myself (HP Flat Screen 26 inch). I have been using WinStep for the last 2 years with my computer without problem using 2 monitor. I am using window 7 actually (ultimate edition). But Window 8 might not be different as regard your problem. I did had the same problem with my mouse as you described earlier in your post. (exactly the same situation) If I would close WinStep the problem would disappear. But the problem is not WinStep because I could reproduce the problem with some other open application taking the focus of one of my 2 screen. My mouse would get stuck in one of the screen. The solution was simple for me with window 7. I always discourage people to play with registry key as it might worsen the problem or make your system completely unstable. (Unless of course you know exactly how to do it). Anyway what I did was simple to fix the problem of a trapped mouse. In control panel, under change display setting, you should see both of your screen numbered one and two. One of the setting is call: Multiple display. Make sure it is set-up to "Extend these display". VOILA. With this simple setting I never had anymore problem with my mouse. This is really the way window operate best with 2 screen.(any other setting will trap the mouse) and should I add that this problem has nothing to do with WinStep. Hope it work for you.