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Summary
Name	Microsoft Windows Cursor
Version
Other names
Identifiers	PUID: fmt/385 MIME: image/x-win-bitmap
Family
Classification	Image (Raster)
Disclosure
Description	Microsoft Windows Cursor file is a binary system file. CUR pointer images come in different standard sizes such as 16x16 and 32x32. They are a stationary image format similar to an ICO (icon) file. CUR files are found alongside the installation of Microsoft Windows and were first introduced in Microsofts Windows 1.0 operating system in 1981.
Orientation	Text
Byte order
Related file formats	None.
Technical Environment
Released
Supported until
Format Risk
Developed by	None.
Supported by	None.
Source	Digital Preservation Department / The National Archives
Source date	23 Nov 2011
Source description	08/2023 (v.113)- Offsets removed from variable byte sequence and description updated. Submitted by Preservica.
Last updated	15 Aug 2023
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