Windows 10: I cannot "turn off" my laptop touchpad. I have followed instructions by going to settings...

I cannot "turn off" my laptop touchpad. I have followed instructions by going to settings and touchpad and going to the device manager. Still cannot turn off the touch pad.

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I want to disable touchpad on Dell laptop


Hello everyone,
My laptop's touchpad works and I don't want it to, because I prefer a mouse. It's a Dell Inspiron 11 3000 series on windows 10 OS.

What I have tried that hasn't worked:

• start<settings<devices<mouse & touchpad<additional mouse options. This opens a window called Mouse Options which has 5 tabs up top, none of which involve the touchpad. The Hardware tab shows 2 devices: the mouse itself, and the USB. No touchpad there.
• windows key+x<mobility center. No touchpad to be found.
• various function keys. No options for touchpad on/off.
• device manager<mice and other pointing devices. Again, only the mouse and usb show up. It appears the touchpad is working without a driver, which is a little spooky.

Any other suggestions? I could try downloading a third party driver, but that seems like a step in the wrong direction.
Thanks

 

turn off touchpad

Thanks for trying I downloaded driver for touchpad, followed the steps you listed but it did not solve the problem - When I get to the last tab for the software, there is no checkbox for "disable touchpad if mouse is attached." I can completely disable the
touchpad by system, and you, advised against this so at least I had the warning not to completely disable touchpad. I have tried the other options suggested but to no avail. Frustrating!

 

Difficulty in Powershell and following the instructions herein

The problem seems to be a “file not found” one.

So, please follow these steps:

1. Download the .ps1 file from here and save it any place you want.
2. Go to the folder you saved it, right click on the file, unblock it and then copy it [Ctrl-C]. If it’s saved in your Downloads folder, skip step 3
3. Then go to your Downloads folder and paste it [Ctrl-V] there.
4. Open Powershell as Administrator.
5. Type the command Set-ExecutionPolicy Bypass -Scope Process -Force
6. Type the command cd $env:USERPROFILE\Downloads
7. Type the command .\RealtekAudioDriverIntegration.ps1

If everything fails, do the following:

1. Download the .ps1 file from here and save it any place you want in your C: drive.
2. Open Powershell as Administrator.
3. Type the command Set-ExecutionPolicy Bypass -Scope Process -Force
4. Type the command dir C:\ "RealtekAudioDriverIntegration.ps1" -Recurse -ea 0 | Unblock-File
5. Type the command dir C:\ "RealtekAudioDriverIntegration.ps1" -Recurse -ea 0 | select -First 1 | % { & $_.FullName }

Then post the results here.