Custom cursor click

I'm using this to create a custom cursor and to use a mouse click event on a movieclip:
stop();
Mouse.hide();
stage.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_MOVE,follow);
function follow(evt:MouseEvent)
          cursor_mc.x = mouseX;
          cursor_mc.y = mouseY;
volgendePijlClip.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, pijlEventClip);
function pijlEventClip(event:MouseEvent):void
          trace(1)
At first it didn't work for me, but I found out that was because the custom cursor was over its registration point. Which was made equal to the mouse's location. So when the mouse was clicked on the movieclip-button, it was actually clicking on the custom mouse cursor itself, so the click on the 'volgendePijlClip movieclip wasn't picked up on.
I solved it by moving the custom cursor slightly away from it's registration point, so it would appear slightly of mouseX/mouseY. Close enough to act as cursor, but away of the cursor enough so the hidden mouse cursor could pick up a click on 'volgendePijlClip'.
Was wondering if there still was a way for a custom cursor to be over it's registration point and have the hidden mouse cursor still pick up on clicking on objects beneath the custom cursor?

assign its mouseEnabled property to false:
cursor_mc.mouseEnabled=false;

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you can easily attach the cursor between the specific layers you want using an empty movieclip and add your cursor movieclip to the emptyMC using the class name. Look at the screenshot and follow the code. it works
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