Make insertion mouse cursor visible in dark Visual Studio editor

Question

I use a color theme with a very dark background, which works great except that VS2010 uses the default insertion point mouse cursor when the mouse is over the editor pane, and t

Answer 1

It appears this is still a problem with Visual Studio and Windows 10 in 2020 (I keep updating this every year...). Working off of szalski's and T. J. Crowder's solution, it can be changed in Windows 10:

1. Start button
2. Type "mouse"
3. Choose "Mouse settings" from the results
4. In the Mouse settings window, click on "Additional mouse options" under "Related settings"
5. Choose the Pointers tab in the new window that opens up
6. Select "Text Select" in the list
7. Click the Browse button and choose the cursor you want

As pointed out by Brad Bamford, "beam_r" is a good choice since it looks very similar to the standard pointer, but also has a white outline. I can finally see the cursor in Visual Studio.