# getting rid of green arrow (XP)

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-rid-of-green-arrow-xp/471897>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [November 9, 2008, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-rid-of-green-arrow-xp/471897 "2008-11-09T13:46:38Z")\
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**Author:** ![scm1001](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c4cdca/32.png) [@scm1001](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scm1001)\
**Post date:** [November 9, 2008, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-rid-of-green-arrow-xp/471897/1 "2008-11-09T13:46:38Z")

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no not the superhero (though thats all I get when I google)

Recently an annoying up green arrow appears (in just the active window) that points to the cursor position in a text box. Not all applications it does this (e.g. IE, Word, yes, firefox no). I suspect my kids have played around with a control panel or its some update

XP SP3, asus laptop  
thanks

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**Author:** ![Peter\_Morris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peter_morris/32/359_2.png) [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\
**Post date:** [November 9, 2008, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-rid-of-green-arrow-xp/471897/2 "2008-11-09T14:28:40Z")

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Try this: go to Control Panel, open the mouse control, go to the Pointers tab, highllight Text Select, click the Use Default button.

(I’m working in Vista, but I guess XP is the same)

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**Author:** ![scm1001](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c4cdca/32.png) [@scm1001](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scm1001)\
**Post date:** [November 10, 2008, 8:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-rid-of-green-arrow-xp/471897/3 "2008-11-10T08:32:53Z")

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I found out that it was a due to a hot key programme (comfort keys) - easily fixed thanks