How To Solve Dell Laptop Touchpad Not Working
Dell users have recently faced an issue regarding the Touchpad. Some customers reported that their Touchpad lost ability after working for a long time, while some said that they encountered this problem after updating the windows. If you are stuck in a similar situation then following fixes could help you retain the functionality of your Touchpad. You can try the following fixes until your Touchpad gets into senses.
How to fix Dell’s Touchpad?
Method 1 — Enabling Touchpad with the function key
- Many times by mistake user ends up disabling the Touchpad key. All laptops have a function key assigned to the Touchpad integrated with F. Commonly placement is on the F9 key.
- To enable the Touchpad, press button resembling the Touchpad button and check if it gains its functionality.
Method-2 Re-enabling Touchpad from control panel setting
- The user who reported Touchpad not working after update managed to solve the issue after discovering that touch was disabled inside the control panel. Maybe improper windows update could have caused his but reason is still unclear.
- To open Runbox press Windows key+ R. Then, type “control” and hit enter.
- Inside Control panel, navigate Hardware and sound and press Mouse and touchpad.
- The next step is to click the Additional mouse option to check whether your touchpad is enabled inside Mouse properties. In case it is disabled, under Dell Touchpad click on enable devices and restart your computer.
Method-3 Rollback via Device manager
- Functionality loss can also be caused by improper installation or a glitched driver. Many users fixed this problem by updating the Touchpad driver or rolling back to the previous version.
- You can follow these steps to roll back your touchpad driver
- Press Windows key + R to open Runbox and type “devmgmt.msc” and hit enter to open device manager. In the device manager, expand the option Mice and other pointing devices drop-down menu. Right-click on Dell touchpad and select properties.
- Press driver tab t bring it forward and click on update
Once the TouchPad driver is rolled back, reboot your computer to check if the problem is solved or not. These were the few self-help methods you can try and test them out if they are of any use to you. If still the problem persists and Dell Laptop Touchpad Not Working, you can Contact On customer care number or take your laptop and visit the nearest service center.
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