Changing mouse cursor

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Hello,

I found this old thread:
https://autohotkey.com/board/topic/32608-changing-the-system-cursor/

I copied the wrapper function and tested it.

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+lbutton::
SetSystemCursor("C:\Windows\Cursors\up_il.cur", 30, 30) ; Path to cursor, xDimension, yDimension
return

SetSystemCursor(Cursor = "", cx = 0, cy = 0)
{
	BlankCursor := 0, SystemCursor := 0, FileCursor := 0 ; init	
	SystemCursors = 32512IDC_ARROW, 32513IDC_IBEAM, 32514IDC_WAIT, 32515IDC_CROSS, 32516IDC_UPARROW, 32640IDC_SIZE, 32641IDC_ICON, 32642IDC_SIZENWSE
                 ,32643IDC_SIZENESW, 32644IDC_SIZEWE, 32645IDC_SIZENS, 32646IDC_SIZEALL, 32648IDC_NO, 32649IDC_HAND, 32650IDC_APPSTARTING, 32651IDC_HELP	
	if Cursor = ; empty, so create blank cursor 
	{
		VarSetCapacity(AndMask, 32 * 4, 0xFF), VarSetCapacity(XorMask, 32 * 4, 0)
		BlankCursor = 1 ; flag for later
	}
	else if SubStr(Cursor,1,4) = "IDC_" ; load system cursor
	{
		Loop, Parse, SystemCursors, `,
		{
			CursorName := SubStr(A_Loopfield, 6, 15) ; get the cursor name, no trailing space with substr
			CursorID := SubStr(A_Loopfield, 1, 5) ; get the cursor id
			SystemCursor = 1
			if (CursorName = Cursor)
			{
				CursorHandle := DllCall("LoadCursor", Uint,0, Int,CursorID)	
				Break					
			}
		}	
		if CursorHandle = ; invalid cursor name given
		{
			Msgbox,, SetCursor, Error: Invalid cursor name
			CursorHandle = Error
		}
	}	
	else if FileExist(Cursor)
	{
		SplitPath, Cursor,,, Ext ; auto-detect type
		if Ext = ico
    {
      uType := 0x1
    }
		else if Ext in cur,ani
    {
      uType := 0x2		
    }			
		else ; invalid file ext
		{
			Msgbox,, SetCursor, Error: Invalid file type
			CursorHandle = Error
		}		
		FileCursor = 1
	}
	else
	{	
		Msgbox,, SetCursor, Error: Invalid file path or cursor name
		CursorHandle = Error ; raise for later
	}
	if CursorHandle != Error 
	{
		Loop, Parse, SystemCursors, `,
		{
			if BlankCursor = 1 
			{
				Type = BlankCursor
				%Type%%A_Index% := DllCall("CreateCursor", Uint, 0, Int, 0, Int, 0, Int, 32, Int, 32, Uint, &AndMask, Uint, &XorMask)
				CursorHandle := DllCall("CopyImage", Uint,%Type%%A_Index%, Uint, 0x2, Int, 0, Int, 0, Int, 0)
				DllCall("SetSystemCursor", Uint,CursorHandle, Int,SubStr(A_Loopfield, 1, 5))
			}			
			else if SystemCursor = 1
			{
				Type = SystemCursor
				CursorHandle := DllCall("LoadCursor", Uint, 0, Int, CursorID)	
				%Type%%A_Index% := DllCall("CopyImage", Uint, CursorHandle, Uint, 0x2, Int, cx, Int, cy, Uint, 0)		
				CursorHandle := DllCall("CopyImage", Uint,%Type%%A_Index%, Uint, 0x2, Int, 0, Int, 0, Int, 0)
				DllCall("SetSystemCursor", Uint,CursorHandle, Int,SubStr(A_Loopfield, 1, 5))
			}
			else if FileCursor = 1
			{
				Type = FileCursor
				%Type%%A_Index% := DllCall("LoadImageA", UInt,0, Str, Cursor, UInt, uType, Int, cx, Int, cy, UInt, 0x10) 
				DllCall("SetSystemCursor", Uint,%Type%%A_Index%, Int,SubStr(A_Loopfield, 1, 5))			
			}          
		}
	}	
}

The first test was positive, the cursor changed.
However, how can I change it so that it always has the new look?
(Independent of the background, no matter if text, links etc.)

I created a function to draw on my screen, and therefore it would be useful to have the crosshair all the time.
(Same way as when drawing in Microsoft Paint, where the cursor turns into a crosshair.)

Perhaps I missed something inside of this script.

Thanks for any help.

Cheers!