static Icon CaptureCursor() { USER32.CURSORINFO cursorInfo = new USER32.CURSORINFO(); cursorInfo.cbSize = System.Runtime.InteropServices.Marshal.SizeOf(cursorInfo); if (!USER32.GetCursorInfo(out cursorInfo)) { return(null); } if (cursorInfo.flags != USER32.CURSORINFOFlags.CURSOR_SHOWING) { return(null); } IntPtr hicon = USER32.CopyIcon(cursorInfo.hCursor); if (hicon == IntPtr.Zero) { return(null); } USER32.ICONINFO iconInfo; if (!USER32.GetIconInfo(hicon, out iconInfo)) { return(null); } //x = cursorInfo.ptScreenPos.X - ((int)iconInfo.xHotspot); //y = cursorInfo.ptScreenPos.Y - ((int)iconInfo.yHotspot); using (Bitmap maskBitmap = Bitmap.FromHbitmap(iconInfo.hbmMask)) { // Is this a monochrome cursor? if (maskBitmap.Height == maskBitmap.Width * 2) { Bitmap resultBitmap = new Bitmap(maskBitmap.Width, maskBitmap.Width); Graphics desktopGraphics = Graphics.FromHwnd(USER32.GetDesktopWindow()); IntPtr desktopHdc = desktopGraphics.GetHdc(); IntPtr maskHdc = GDI32.CreateCompatibleDC(desktopHdc); IntPtr oldPtr = GDI32.SelectObject(maskHdc, maskBitmap.GetHbitmap()); using (Graphics resultGraphics = Graphics.FromImage(resultBitmap)) { IntPtr resultHdc = resultGraphics.GetHdc(); // These two operation will result in a black cursor over a white background. // Later in the code, a call to MakeTransparent() will get rid of the white background. GDI32.BitBlt(resultHdc, 0, 0, 32, 32, maskHdc, 0, 32, TernaryRasterOperations.SRCCOPY); GDI32.BitBlt(resultHdc, 0, 0, 32, 32, maskHdc, 0, 0, TernaryRasterOperations.SRCINVERT); resultGraphics.ReleaseHdc(resultHdc); } IntPtr newPtr = GDI32.SelectObject(maskHdc, oldPtr); USER32.DeleteObject(newPtr); GDI32.DeleteDC(maskHdc); desktopGraphics.ReleaseHdc(desktopHdc); // Remove the white background from the BitBlt calls, // resulting in a black cursor over a transparent background. resultBitmap.MakeTransparent(Color.White); return(Icon.FromHandle(resultBitmap.GetHicon())); } } return(Icon.FromHandle(hicon)); }