Studio .NET (C++) cursor shape 1

[spoddynerd]

My cursor for editing code has entered an irritating mode whereby a character is always highlighted (flashing black square) instead of the cursor being between characters (flashing vertical bar). I must have inadevertently pressed a particular key combination.

How do I revert back to normal with the cursor between characters?

 

[uolj]

Press the 'Insert' key on your keyboard. Notice in the bottom right hand corner of the window, the line number, column, and character appear. To the right of those is a couple small boxes. One says either OVR (overwrite mode) or INS (insert mode). You want INS. Pressing the Insert key on your keyboard toggles between the two.