Windows 10: TOUCHPAD FEATURE

actually my touchpad feature i.e. double tap to right click and other features is not working. how to activate them.

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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

 

TouchPad problem


see attached screenshot of the keys after I re ran the scan

so i assume next steps are to have that program open that you suggested whilst using the laptop and then when the touchpad gets disabled to check if the keys have changed?

 

Lost the scroll feature on touchpad

Hello,

Thank you for writing to Microsoft Community Forums.

Please try these steps and let us know-

1. Please refer these steps to resolve
touchpad problems.

2. If this does not work, run the legacy hardware.

This is the step to uninstall and reinstall Touchpad drivers and add legacy hardware

• Press Windows key and R key together and then select Device Manager.
  
• Expand the Mouse and other Pointing devices section.
  
• Right click on touchpad drivers and select uninstall. Make sure all the touchpad drivers are uninstalled and restart the device.
  
• Click on Action tab and select the option ‘Add legacy hardware’ and click on Next.
  
• Select the option ‘Install the hardware that I manually elect from a list (Advanced)’ and select the touchpad drivers and click on Next and Finish.
  

3. If that does not work, download the
Touchpad drivers from device manufacturer website and install it and check if it helps.

You may also refer
Touchpad Usage and Troubleshooting Guide and check about this issue.

Hope this helps.

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Regards,

Gowrish S

Microsoft Community -Moderator