Can't disable touchpad

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  1. Posts : 316
    Windows 10
       #1

    Can't disable touchpad


    I do not like the touch pad. When I had Windows 8.1, I simply disabled it. But Windows 10 has a mind of it's own. I go into settings for touch pad and put a check mark where it says "disable touch pad". But as soon as I restart, the touch is enabled. I go where I put the check mark and it's gone--Windows just un-checked it. There are a couple of places where I can disable it, but upon restarting it goes back to where it was. I even went in Device Manager and disabled it there, but the same thing happens.
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  2. Posts : 42,953
    Win 10 Pro (22H2) (2nd PC is 22H2)
       #2

    Hi, silly question- do you have a little button just above your touch pad you can use to disable it? I have on my HP G60, noting you have an HP PC. (Sorry, not checked you particular laptop!)
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  3. Posts : 2,834
    Windows 11 Home (x64) Version 21H1 (build 19043.1202)
       #3

    On mine you press FN then F5 and that enables or disables the touch pad on my Toshiba
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  4. Posts : 609
    W10
       #4

    My laptop contains a touchpad by ELAN. The ELAN driver (and several versions of the Synaptics one as well) allows you to disable the touchpad in Control Panel > Mouse > ELAN > Disable, if an external USB mouse is found.

    I checked that and it is working as expected.
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  5. Posts : 5,452
    Windows 11 Home
       #5

    The best way to be sure is to uninstall the driver completely.
    Stop its running processes, then uninstall it, then remove its folder.
    Use Microsoft tool to prevent Windows from updating drivers for it.

    https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/3073930
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  6. Posts : 316
    Windows 10
    Thread Starter
       #6

    dalchina said:
    Hi, silly question- do you have a little button just above your touch pad you can use to disable it? I have on my HP G60, noting you have an HP PC. (Sorry, not checked you particular laptop!)
    Silly question?? I do understand what the "little button" does as I have been using it for years. It will only set it so it doesn't work until you restart your computer. My "silly" question was how to disable it since I don't like it.
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  7. Posts : 316
    Windows 10
    Thread Starter
       #7

    Thanks to every one for your response. I tried everything but nothing helped. I then discovered that it could be completely and permanently disabled in the registry. I did that and it took care of it.
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  8. Posts : 609
    W10
       #8

    So is this issue solved?

    If so: What did you do to fix it?
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  9. Posts : 316
    Windows 10
    Thread Starter
       #9

    Frank1 said:
    Silly question?? I do understand what the "little button" does as I have been using it for years. It will only set it so it doesn't work until you restart your computer. My "silly" question was how to disable it since I don't like it.
    Dalchina, after thinking about your response, I may have misunderstood you. If so, I apologize for how I responded.
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  10. Posts : 42,953
    Win 10 Pro (22H2) (2nd PC is 22H2)
       #10

    Frank1 said:
    Dalchina, after thinking about your response, I may have misunderstood you. If so, I apologize for how I responded.
    Thanks, appreciated. When people post problems it's not always clear what they've tried or what their experience is.. or what they've tried. Glad you found an solution that suited you- as noted above even uninstalling the driver won't work with Win 10 given MS's policy on driver updates- although I have read they are changing that, but only one source.
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