Change visual studio caret color

Question

I am trying the new Visual Studio 2012 dark theme. When moving the mouse of code I cannot see the cursor, since the code background is black and the mouse cursor is black.
How to change the mouse cursor in code files to be white or any other color that is visible against a dark background?

Answer 1

In Windows 7 I resolved this by modifying my Windows system settings to use the Windows Black (system scheme). The caret I-Beam shape is surrounded by a white stroke that stands out over dark backgrounds and invisible over pure white backgrounds.

Go to Control Panel-->Appearance-->Ease of Access-->Make the mouse easier to use

and choose "Regular Black"

You would think that that the Inverted option would work, but the color remains black over the dark greys of the VS 2012 dark theme. The Regular Black does work well though.

Answer 2

Just change the Text Select of the mouse to 'Windows Black'