How to Disable Touchpad when Mouse is Connected in Windows 10
If your Windows 10 PC (ex: laptop) has a built-in touchpad and you like to use an external USB or Bluetooth mouse, you can set to automatically disable the touchpad when a mouse is connected and automatically enable the touchpad when the mouse is disconnected.
This tutorial will show you how to automatically disable the touchpad when a mouse is connected for your account in Windows 10.
Contents
- Option One: Leave Precision Touchpad On or Off when Mouse is Connected in Settings
- Option Two: Leave Precision Touchpad On or Off when Mouse is Connected using a REG file
- Option Three: Leave Synaptics Touchpad On or Off when Mouse is Connected in Control Panel
- Option Four: Leave Synaptics Touchpad On or Off when Mouse is Connected using a REG file
- Option Five: Leave Elan Touchpad On or Off when Mouse is Connected using a REG file
1 Open Settings, and click/tap on the Devices icon.
2 Click/tap on Touchpad on the left side, and check (on) or uncheck (off - default) Leave touchpad on when a mouse is connected on the right side for what you want. (see screenshot below)
This option is the same as doing Option One.
The downloadable .reg files below will modify the DWORD value in the registry key below.
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\PrecisionTouchPad
LeaveOnWithMouse DWORD
ffffffff (hex) = Check (on)
0 = Uncheck (off)
1 Do step 2 (on) or step 3 (off) below for what you would like to do.
A) Click/tap on the Download button below to download the file below, and go to step 4 below.
Leave_Precision_touchpad_on_when_mouse_is_connected.reg
Download
This is the default setting.
A) Click/tap on the Download button below to download the file below, and go to step 4 below.
Disable_Precision_touchpad_when_mouse_is_connected.reg
Download
4 Save the .reg file to your desktop.
5 Double click/tap on the downloaded .reg file to merge it.
6 When prompted, click/tap on Run, Yes (UAC), Yes, and OK to approve the merge.
7 Restart the computer to apply.
8 You can now delete the downloaded .reg file if you like.
This setting and/or GUI may vary from one Synaptics driver to another. If your setting or GUI is different for this, please post a screenshot showing it, and I'll be happy to include it in the tutorial for others.
1 Open the Control Panel (icons view), and click/tap on the Mouse icon.
2 Click/tap on the Clickpad Settings tab in Mouse Properties. (see screenshot below)
The actual name of this tab will vary depending on the touchpad brand and drivers. It will usually be the last tab.
3 Check or uncheck (default) the Disable internal pointing device when external USB pointing device is attached setting for what you want, and click/tap on OK.
This option is the same as doing Option Three.
The downloadable .reg files below will modify the DWORD value in the registry key below.
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Synaptics\SynTPEnh
DisableIntPDFeature DWORD
33 = Check (off)
22 = Uncheck (on)
1 Do step 2 (on) or step 3 (off) below for what you would like to do.
A) Click/tap on the Download button below to download the file below, and go to step 4 below.
Check-Disable_internal_pointing_device_when_external_USB_pointing_device_is_attached.reg
Download
This is the default setting.
A) Click/tap on the Download button below to download the file below, and go to step 4 below.
Uncheck-Disable_internal_pointing_device_when_external_USB_pointing_device_is_attached.reg
Download
4 Save the .reg file to your desktop.
5 Double click/tap on the downloaded .reg file to merge it.
6 When prompted, click/tap on Run, Yes (UAC), Yes, and OK to approve the merge.
7 Restart the computer to apply.
8 You can now delete the downloaded .reg file if you like.
This option is the same as doing Option Three.
The downloadable .reg files below will modify the DWORD value in the registry key below.
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software/Elantech/Othersetting
DisableWhenDetectUSBMouse DWORD
0 = Check (on)
1 = Uncheck (off)
1 Do step 2 (on) or step 3 (off) below for what you would like to do.
A) Click/tap on the Download button below to download the file below, and go to step 4 below.
Leave_Elan_touchpad_on_when_mouse_is_connected.reg
Download
This is the default setting.
A) Click/tap on the Download button below to download the file below, and go to step 4 below.
Disable_Elan_touchpad_when_mouse_is_connected.reg
Download
4 Save the .reg file to your desktop.
5 Double click/tap on the downloaded .reg file to merge it.
6 When prompted, click/tap on Run, Yes (UAC), Yes, and OK to approve the merge.
7 Restart the computer to apply.
8 You can now delete the downloaded .reg file if you like.
That's it,
Shawn Brink
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