In Daggerfall I started to get a problem when I started using the view based mode where you look around and move more like in later fps instead of the more riggid default controls. Sometimes when going to the menu and back to the game it seems like the game would get stuck in the menu mode, that is you can no longer look around and the mouse is displaying the normal cursor it display in menus. I could solve this before by saving and then reloading the game and everything was normal. Now for some reason that does not work even after reloading the game or shutting the program down and opening it. Is there any other way to solve this beside going to an earlier save?

CTRL+F10 should help.

The control settings have a key you can set to switch between cursor and view mode. I think it defaults to ENTER, but I can't remember because I bound it to something close to my left hand. It's useful for turning the cursor on to make using switches and grabbing loot easier. Of course, it's also useful when you get stuck with a cursor and want it gone so you can look around again.