Windows 10: My Acer Aspire Touchpad stopped working recently & I fixed it twice through Device Manager

Aspire 5 A515 - 56 The Touchpad stopped working suddenly and I reinstalled the Fingerprint Driver and it worked for several hours before it suddenly stopped again. I reinstalled the driver again and approximately 12 hours later it is still working - but for how long? I use the laptop on my Lap and can't put up with a wireless mouse for long. On the Acer Community a few suggested accessing the BIOS. I don't know anything about it and was warned a long time ago to not touch it. Is that still the advice and if not what should I do to try and stop this Touchpad problem recurring in BIOS. I was a

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Touchpad on Acer Aspire

I have an Acer Aspire laptop model E1-531-2453 and I recently upgraded to Windows 10 and my scroll on my touchpad stopped working and now nothing on my touch pad works. Any Ideas?

 

touchpad mouse on Acer aspire does not work

Anew win11 Acer aspire laptop has it's touchpad mouse not working - just seemed to stop in mid-use: jammed? The usb mouse works fine when plugged in. What's wrong and how to fix?

 

Elan Touchpad Not Working Acer Aspire s3

Hi,

Thank you for your interest in Windows 10.

I suggest you to follow the methods below and check if it fixes the issue.

Method 1: Run Hardware and Devices Troubleshooter

Follow these steps to run Hardware and Devices troubleshooter.

• Press Windows key + W and type
  troubleshooting.
• Select Troubleshooting.
• Select View all on the top left corner.
• Click Hardware and Devices.
• Follow the on-screen instruction to run the troubleshooter.

Method 2:If issue still persists, I suggest you to uninstall and reinstall the touchpad drivers in Compatibility mode and check if it works:

Follow the steps to uninstall the touchpad driver:

• Press Windows Key + X key.
• Click on Device Manager.
• Right-click on the Touchpad device listed and click on ‘Uninstall’.
• Select the option to Delete driver software.
• Restart the computer after its uninstalled.

Now download the drivers the manufacturer website and install it in Windows 8.1 compatibility mode. Follow the steps provided below to install the drivers in compatibility mode:

• Right-click on the driver setup file and click on ‘properties’.
• Click on the ‘compatibility’ tab and check the box "Run this program in compatibility mode for” and select Windows 8.1 operating system from the drop down.
• Click on ‘Apply’ and click ‘OK’ and run the file to install it.

Hope this will fix the issue, if not let us know with the updated status and we will be happy to assist you further.