Windows 10: How do I turn off the touch pad when an external mouse is active?

How do I turn off the touch pad when an external mouse is active?

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Mouse pad sometimes is multi touch???

My wife also has a Toshiba Notebook and gets frustrated by the Touch pad [not to be confused with a mouse pad] when typing so she keeps it turned off and uses a wireless mouse. Some Touch pads have a "gesture" feature using 2 fingers, especially those with the Touch Screen, similar to SmartPhones and Tablets.

 

turn off touch pad

Hi Brian,

You can disable Touch pad from the Device Manager. Make sure that the mouse is already plugged in before disabling the touch pad. To disable Touch pad, follow these steps:

• Press and hold Windows logo key + R.
• Type Devmgmt.msc in the Run command dialog box.
• Press Enter.
• Expand Mice and other pointing devices.
• Right-click on the first HID-compliant mouse entry.
• Select Disable.
• Hit Yes.

Let us know if you need additional assistance.

 

mouse pad Asus two in one

After I downloaded and installed Microsoft 10 I have not been able to turn off my touch pad. I use an external mouse and with the mouse pad on it creates issues when I try to type emails and memos.

My function key works with everything except the function to turn off my touch pad. I have gone to device mgr and nothing. This is really frustrating.

Any suggestions? I