When I make an edit, lift or extraction, the tool I was working with (the Red arroow) gets replaced with the generic mouse pointer.  I then need to reactivate the tool I was working with to move the clips around the timeline after every edit.

How do I keep the tool I was working with active instead of the mouse reverting back to it's Win 10 pointer after each extraction or lift?  Thanks,

I believe it's the smart tool function I am fighting this as well. If you turn off smart tool and map the overwright tool "red arrow" and the insert tool "yellow arrow " to your keyboard then you can get them faster 

The yellow and the red arrow tools are mapped by default right of the JKL keys, IIRC!

I know I just like mine on 

A , Z, I track ball  a lot with my right hand so it puts them on my left hand resting on the kb

For the left hand default key shortcuts are Shift-A and Shift-S for red/yellow arrows. That's very comfortable for use.

Believe I have found a solution.  The issue has to do with the Red Arrow turning to the gneric mouse pointer after each edit I was making, and there is a way to stop this. 

Go to timeline settings and then the Edit Tab.  There are two settings to play with.  1) Clicking on TC track...  2) Only One Segment Tool...   I have unclicked the first and clicked the second and now the Red Arrow remains active after an edit so I can then move the clip.  Hope this helps.