Windows 10: Tap to disable feature on Synaptics touchpad unavailable after WIN 11 update - HP ENVY notebook

Bought a barnd new HP Envy 14 e0002nj notebook with WIN 11 22H2. After the intial activation of the laptop, the tap to disable feature on the Synaptics touchpad ceased to work. Removal and reinstallation of the Synaptices driver did not help, as well as BIOS update. The "Roll back driver" feature is no longer available. HP customer support suggest that we format the laptop and reinstall Windows. This sounds drastic. Is there a way to avoid formatting and still resolve the issue? Thanks.

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unable to disable touchpad on Win 10 HP laptop

Problem solved! I went to HP website and downloaded their latest touchpad driver update and "Synaptics touchpad" showed up in the list on start up screen (the one that shows up when you tap the windows symbol on the taskbar). The box shows up with the
"disable" function when you select the "Synaptics touchpad". Hope this helps others that have this problem.

 

How to disable the touchpad on the HP envy x360

I installed the Synaptics driver 19.5.35.41 Rev.D. This was obtained from the HP website. This is the newest one.

After it installed the message was "not supported for this operating system". That's strange because the driver is described as suitable for Windows 10. The touchpad and mouse dialogs still appear to be lacking a Synaptics dialog which is where I would expect to find the "disable" touchpad option.

https://support.hp.com/us-en/drivers...76?sku=3VU72UA

 

Can't turn off tapping for Synaptics SMBus TouchPad on HP laptop

Hello,

I want to disable tapping on my touchpad, because it keeps getting in the way when I am typing on the keyboard.

I tried following various instructions online, but they don't work for me, namely because the option to turn off tapping doesnt seem to be there. When I go into my touchpad settings, all I can do is change the tapping sensitivity.

Here is my system info:

OS: Microsoft Windows [Version 10.0.18362.356]

system model: HP 250 G6 Notebook PC

Driver info:

name: Synaptics SMBus TouchPad

version 19.5.35.47