If you are looking for quick methods to disable the trackpad when the mouse is connected then you might love this post because here we are going to share some quick tips which need to follow to disable Synaptics touchpad when the mouse is connected windows 7, windows 8, windows 8.1 & windows 10 latest one.
I have an Asus A55V laptop with Windows 8 installed on it. Now I'm trying to turn off the Touchpad gestures. On Superuser I found this answer:
I am 'still' trying to get used to Windows 8.1 and am as frustrated as you are with it. I did find a way to disable the touchpad however. Go to the Start screen. And if you are running Windows 8.1 with all updates, then you can now configure Windows 8.1 to turn off the touchpad automatically whenever the mouse is connected to your netbook or notebook and then you can disable touchpad when mouse is connected windows 8. Windows 10: Disable Touchpad when Mouse is Connected in Windows 10. Open the Control Panel (icons view), and click/tap on the Mouse icon. The actual name of this tab will vary depending on the touchpad brand and drivers. It will usually be the last tab. Check or uncheck the Disable internal pointing device when external USB pointing device is. This article will show you how to disable Touchpad when an external mouse is attached to Windows 10/8/7. You can use Settings, Mouse Properties or edit the Registry to do this.
However, after experimenting with drivers I found a Synaptics driver from ASUS that comes with something they call ASUS Smart Gesture. There, under the Edge Gesture tab one can disable the different swipe gestures. Easier and safer than messing with the registry.
However this only works for ASUS computers, while Daniel B's answer should work for most Synaptic touchpads.
But how do I find Asus Smart Gesture on my laptop? I only found it in the registry but there is no Edge Gesture Tab. Can anyone help me?
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The best guess I've got right now is that the version of Asus Smart Gesture on your laptop isn't exactly up to date.
Try looking for an online version of the software, perhaps this is suitable it is under the Touchpad (2) link.
Once downloaded, unzip and install the software, reboot your computer if necessary and then try following typical instructions
There, under the Edge Gesture tab one can disable the different swipe gestures.
-Cheers, Hope I helped. :D
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