diff --git a/electron/native-bridge/cursor/recording/windowsNativeRecordingSession.ts b/electron/native-bridge/cursor/recording/windowsNativeRecordingSession.ts
index c7a057fea..d2d2f0cc8 100644
--- a/electron/native-bridge/cursor/recording/windowsNativeRecordingSession.ts
+++ b/electron/native-bridge/cursor/recording/windowsNativeRecordingSession.ts
@@ -186,7 +186,10 @@ export class WindowsNativeRecordingSession implements CursorRecordingSession {
 		}
 
 		if (payload.asset?.id && !this.assets.has(payload.asset.id)) {
-			const assetDisplay = screen.getDisplayNearestPoint({ x: payload.x, y: payload.y });
+			// payload.x/y are physical screen pixels; `screen` works in DIPs.
+			const assetDisplay = screen.getDisplayNearestPoint(
+				screen.screenToDipPoint({ x: payload.x, y: payload.y }),
+			);
 			this.assets.set(payload.asset.id, {
 				id: payload.asset.id,
 				platform: "win32",
diff --git a/electron/native/wgc-capture/src/cursor-sampler.cpp b/electron/native/wgc-capture/src/cursor-sampler.cpp
index 21558c79a..fc68ebf28 100644
--- a/electron/native/wgc-capture/src/cursor-sampler.cpp
+++ b/electron/native/wgc-capture/src/cursor-sampler.cpp
@@ -410,6 +410,14 @@ static void runSamplingLoop(int intervalMs, HWND targetWindow, const CLSID& pngC
 // main
 // ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
 int main(int argc, char* argv[]) {
+    // Without this the process is DPI-unaware and Win32 virtualises every
+    // coordinate it hands back — GetCursorInfo().ptScreenPos and GetWindowRect
+    // come out divided by the primary display's scale factor — while the WGC
+    // capture and the consumer both work in physical pixels.  On any scaled
+    // display the cursor then lands short of its real position, by more the
+    // further it is from the origin (getopenscreen/openscreen#272).
+    SetProcessDpiAwarenessContext(DPI_AWARENESS_CONTEXT_PER_MONITOR_AWARE_V2);
+
     if (argc < 2) {
         std::cerr << "Usage: cursor-sampler <intervalMs> [windowHandle]" << std::endl;
         return 1;