html, css - cursor - how to change default image for pointer

Question

I need to change the default image for cursor: pointer with some custom image.

To create a class and specify the hover value for cursor is not a valid solution since

Answer 1

yes you can do this easily as like this

   .anyclass{
    cursor: URL(images/cursorimagefule.gif);
    }

image file must be 32x32 or smaller

apparently internet explorer only supports .cur files

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