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This is the first computer I have ever bought and I couldn't bring it home without a mouse of its own. I'm trying to disable the touchpad but the only option I find is by uninstalling the drivers, which I think is a bit drastic, the buttons for activation and deactivation are disabled (I'm using windows 7 starter).
Do you have any idea of how to disable the touch pad when an external mouse is hooked up?
enon
Posted 2011-02-05T20:42:23.797
Reputation: 622
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It depends on the driver you have, if it is an Synaptics touchpad, you can disable it by right clicking on the taskbar icon.
For Alps, I think you can do it from the mouse properties in Control Panel.
For anything else, or different versions, just hunt around a mix of the above - either the mouse options or taskbar icon.
William Hilsum
Posted 2011-02-05T20:42:23.797
Reputation: 111 572
1Some Synaptics touch pads also have a gesture of some sort to disable them. For mine (HP ProBook 4720s) I can double tap the upper left corner to disable/enable it. – Ciaran – 2011-02-06T00:11:08.917
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Click Synaptics tray icon, select "Pointing Device Properties"; select "Device Settings"; you can either disable it, or, in Windows 7, have it disable automatically if you connect an external mouse.
ndnjones
Posted 2011-02-05T20:42:23.797
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This works perfectly. – TWood – 2012-08-02T00:22:40.003
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This doesn't apply to Windows 7, but in Windows 10 there's a built in option to disable the touchpad when a mouse is connected.
Open the Windows 10 settings app (Ctrl+I), navigate to Devices → Touchpad, and uncheck Leave touchpad on when a mouse is connected
Stevoisiak
Posted 2011-02-05T20:42:23.797
Reputation: 8 152
http://public.madeinengland.co.nz/how-to-disable-the-touchpad-when-usb-mouse-is-plugged-in/ there if anyone needs it - offers the option via the registry or GUI – Lewis – 2012-12-03T02:05:12.693
See also Disable trackpad when mouse is connected (Dell laptop)
– hippietrail – 2012-08-09T19:50:10.940