Windows 10: How to turn on/off the Touch Pad when an optical mouse is attached

I need help in being able to turn off my touch pad when I have an optical mouse attached. When you go the Touch Pad setting there isn't any box to turn it off when an optical or wired mouse is attached. At one time there was a box that you would check, now nothing. This was available in the past.


I'm using a HP laptop running Windows 10 with all updates applied.

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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.

 

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Hi,

What color pad would be best for optical mouse? I've got high contrast various color pad and experience frequent mouse jumps especially when gaming. That is annoying.