Cursor disappeared

Where does the bug appear (feature/product)?

Cursor IDE

Describe the Bug

Booted my laptop and found out, that cursor completely disappeared. Only the shortcut to the .exe was still there pointing to .. nothing.

Never happened to me with any software.

OS info:
Betriebsystemname Microsoft Windows 11 Home
Version 10.0.26100 Build 26100

Steps to Reproduce

cant reproduce

Operating System

Windows 10/11

Current Cursor Version (Menu → About Cursor → Copy)

Version: 2.3.34 (system setup)
VSCode Version: 1.105.1
Commit: 643ba67cd252e2888e296dd0cf34a0c5d7625b90
Date: 2026-01-10T21:17:10.428Z
Electron: 37.7.0
Chromium: 138.0.7204.251
Node.js: 22.20.0
V8: 13.8.258.32-electron.0
OS: Windows_NT x64 10.0.26100

Does this stop you from using Cursor

No - Cursor works, but with this issue

Hey, thanks for the report. This is a known issue on Windows. Usually Windows Defender or another antivirus quarantines Cursor.exe, especially if you’re using the user setup version.

Try this:

  • Check Windows Security → Virus & threat protection → Protection history. Cursor may be listed there.
  • Add the Cursor folder to your antivirus exclusions (usually C:\Users\[username]\AppData\Local\Programs\cursor).
  • Reinstall, but use the system installer from Download · Cursor. It installs to Program Files instead of AppData, which triggers antivirus less often.

Also check whether any disk cleanup tools are running. Some aggressive cleaners can accidentally remove apps from the user profile.

The system installer usually fixes this полностью, because it installs with system permissions.

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