How removing mouse cursor in NT ?

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From: G. Jacobs
Date: Wed, 09 Sep 1998 00:00

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Hi,

I got a very strange problem. When you create a dos application and you
start it in NT in full-screen modus from the explorer itself ( Start->Run ),
you'll always see a mouse cursor until the application is terminated.
If you enter this small code below in DEBUG, you'll see what I mean:

    27AA:0100 B80000        MOV     AX,0000
    27AA:0103 CD16          INT     16
    27AA:0105 3C1B          CMP     AL,1B
    27AA:0107 75F7          JNZ     0100
    27AA:0109 B8004C        MOV     AX,4C00
    27AA:010C CD21          INT     21

The strange thing is, when you run it in CMD.EXE you don't see the mouse
cursor !
Is there a way to turn this mouse cursor off *without* using interrupts ?
Because I'd like to create a Win32 console application and since interrupts
are no more allowed in there, i can't use something like:
MOV AX, 2
INT 33

Neither can i start this application in CMD.EXE, because it will always
start in another window...

Another weird thing is that it only appears in NT: if you run this in
Win95/98 you'll see no mouse cursor !

Any help at all would be greatly appreciated.


G. Jacobs

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From: "G. Jacobs" <gerry.jacobs@ping.be>
Subject: How removing mouse cursor in NT ?
Date: 1998/09/09
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