microsoft / microsoft/PowerToys
Mouse Without Borders sometimes blocks at screen edge unless clicking desktop while switching PCs
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Description
Microsoft PowerToys version
0.98.0
Installation method
WinGet
Area(s) with issue?
Mouse Without Borders
Steps to reproduce
- Use Mouse Without Borders between two PCs (PC A with main keyboard/mouse, PC B secondary).
- Try to move the mouse from PC A to PC B by reaching the configured screen edge.
- Sometimes the cursor gets stuck on the screen border and does not switch to PC B.
- If I left-click on the desktop while moving the cursor toward PC B, the switch works.
- Switching from PC B to PC A using the mouse connected to PC B always works normally.
✔️ Expected Behavior
The mouse should seamlessly move from PC A to PC B when reaching the configured screen edge, without requiring any additional click or interaction.
❌ Actual Behavior
The cursor intermittently gets stuck on the screen edge when moving from PC A to PC B.
To make it switch, I must left-click on the desktop while moving the cursor.
Upload Bug Report ZIP-file
PowerToysReport_2026-03-24-01-25-53.zip
Additional Information
No fullscreen applications are running.
PowerToys is running as Administrator.
Mouse Without Borders service is installed.
The issue is intermittent (sometimes it works normally, sometimes not).
Keeping a PowerToys window in the foreground on one PC sometimes helps, but not consistently
OS: Windows 11 Pro 25H2
System Language: FR-BE
Uploaded Report are from main PC (PC A)
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Research direction
Start with the Mouse Without Borders implementation and use the reproduction steps to investigate edge switching from PC A to PC B. Review the attached PowerToys report for diagnostics; done means the cursor switches reliably at the configured screen edge without requiring a desktop click, while the existing reverse direction remains working.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- c
- Domain
- desktop, operating-systems
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Quiet
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 45/100