>>>Just a guess, but you may need to include the entire path (and have it available) for this, have you tried that?...it might be using an API call behind the scene, which would require the whole path and will not actually be "included" by the project as bitmaps, etc, are...
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>>Yeah, I had the same thought, but the mouse icon doesn't show even when running the stand-alone EXE on the development machine, where the .cur file is available externally in the drive and path specified in the MouseIcon property. It's a mystery so far...
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>You're right, I tested it...
>Well, I knew there was a reason I was using win32api calls instead, I guess you've found it! I'll stay tuned to see if anyone else knows anything about this.

Sounds like we've stumbled onto another 'unexpected feature' <g>. Guess I'll use the win32api calls too. Thx for the feedback. If I learn anything more about this I'll let you know.