Setting up the touchpad and installing the Synaptics driver. Displaying the touchpad in device manager Synaptics touchpad is not installed what to do

The touchpad is an age old feature that has long since replaced alternative mouse controls. With it, we can fully control our device, be it a laptop or a hybrid tablet. Many laptops (Acer, Asus, HP, lenovo, Dell) have problems with the touchpad. What to do if the touchpad does not work on a laptop in Windows 10? Let's take a look at 5 ways to fix this problem.

1. Re-enable the touchpad using the Fn key

One story happened to me when I turned on WiFi on my laptop and inadvertently turned off the touchpad touchpad. For a long time I was looking for the reason, not immediately realizing what had happened. Everything turned out to be simple, in laptops there is a button for additional functions called Fn from the bottom left of the keyboard. To enable any function on a laptop, the combination of the Fn and F1 ... F12 buttons is clamped. On the same buttons F1-F12, pictures or symbols are drawn for applying the parameter. For example, to turn on the touchpad, you need to press Fn + F7, on the F7 button itself there will be an image like a touchpad. You can press all the buttons in order Fn + F1 ... F12, but remember that there is a function to turn off the display, press again on those buttons on which the screen has gone out.

On some HP notebooks, the touchpad can be turned on and off by double tapping on the edge of the touchpad itself. The asus and acer brands may have a separate button next to the touchpad. If the Touchpad still doesn't work, then move on.

2. Removing Other Mouse Drivers

There are times when in the past you have connected a whole bunch of drivers from different mouse devices and you have never uninstalled them. Some drivers from mouse manufacturers will automatically disable the Touchpad themselves. Go to device Manager by pressing the key combination Win + R and enter in the line devmgmt.msc.

Find the line pointing to mice and other pointing devices, click on the shortcut to expand the category and delete all the mouse drivers in order until the touchpad starts working on your laptop. If it does not work, try restarting the system after removing all drivers. Touchpad not working? Moving on to the next item.

3. Updating or downgrading the touchpad driver

Try updating or rolling back your touchpad driver. Go to the same device manager as described above. Locate the Touchpad device, usually named after the laptop brand (Dell TouchPad, Lenovo TouchPad, Synaptics, HP TouchPad, Acer TouchPad, Asus TouchPad.) Right click on your driver and select properties. Next, click Update to see if there are any useful updates for your touchpad.

Many people have reported on the Microsoft forums that the Touchpad stopped working exactly after updating Windows 10, for this you need to choose to roll back the driver. If you do not have the Rollback button highlighted, then you do not have a previous version of the driver.

In many cases, the device manager does not fire in order to enable Touchpat on a laptop. If your Touchpat still does not work on a laptop in windows 10, then go to the properties of the mouse.

Dial mouse in the windows search bar and go to Mouse Preferences.
Click on Extra options mouse, in the window that opens, go to Device settings, tab Touchpad or as in the picture.
Find your Touchpad and click "enable".

5. Disable touchscreen input service for hybrid notebooks

If your laptop is a hybrid (laptop and tablet in one with a touchscreen display.) There is a chance that the touchscreen input service that controls stylus functionality is interfering with your touchpad.

To disable the service press win + R then type services.msc and in the list of services find TabletInputService or Tablet PC Input Service... Right click on it, then disable it. A very inconvenient solution for those who use a touchscreen and touchpads, but you can continue to be smart and try to remove the drivers, roll back, update and then restart the service.

Greetings, dear readers.

So, what is Synaptics Touchpad? This device is built into the laptop. It acts as a mouse. Control is by touch. In addition, it provides various algorithms for combining touches, allowing you to more comfortably interact with the element. Today, such systems are installed on almost all mobile computers.

The touchpad driver plays an important role in the system, because without it, the element usually cannot fully perform the intended functions. If you have installed the equipment of this particular manufacturer, you just need to go to official website of the developer, download the required software and install it.

On the main developer's resource, you can find the appropriate distribution kit for all versions of operating systems from Microsoft: Windows 10, 8, 7 and others. In addition, the manufacturer even provided for the bit depth - 32 or 64. After installing the appropriate software, you can change the settings, specify the sensitivity, movement speed, select active gestures and much more.

Typical installation( )

For the above device to work normally on a laptop, you need to install it. To do this, we find the appropriate software on the official website of the developer or the creator of the computer itself and save it to our hard drive.

If the file has the extension * .exe- just run it. Using the prompts, install. After that, the corresponding component in the computer should work. Sometimes a reboot is required.

If you managed to find the archive, you must first unpack it, and only then install it. This usually happens when you download a torrent file.

Here is a small installation video, though not in Russian, but for general information will go.

Via Device Manager( )

Sometimes an unattended installation may go nowhere. In this case, you should use another method:

We go to "".

We find equipment that contains the word Synaptics. Or it may even be a line marked with a yellow question mark.

In any case, select the desired object, right-click on it and select "".

A wizard window will appear, where you need to select "".

Then we press the button " Overview", Where we select the downloaded folder.

Today I want to tell about your personal problem which I ran into after the penultimate Windows 10 updates and also how I solved this problem. The point is that as the main computer i use laptop which is equipped with touchpad from the manufacturer Synaptics... Their laptop touchpads are the most common so the possibility of a problem arising for me was extremely unexpected, but nevertheless it appeared, and now I will tell you more about everything.

What is the problem?

Any touchpads used in laptops, for full-fledged operation and their further customization in the process of use, are equipped by the manufacturer special drivers who are not only improve device performance, but also add programs containing a list of options for controlling the touch panel.

Synaptics Touchpad tab is gone

Synaptics is no exception for every touchpad model. creates similar software which works perfectly in conjunction with the rest of the software installed on the laptop when it was first started. That's just in the process of using such a device, a list of programs available on it changes from time to time... Something is installed, something is removed, and something is updating... Updated and operating system that a priori shouldn't cause problems, but only to solve them. However, the more complex technologies become, the more difficult it is to improve them, without adding new problems... This is what I ran into. After the penultimate Windows 10 updates that was somewhere in February-March, I have lost all Synaptics Touchpad settings, which were located in a specially designated mouse settings tab... They just died, and with it the touchpad itself stopped working correctly, ignoring all the parameters I entered earlier.

Unsuccessful solutions

First of all, of course, I tried to install Synaptics Touchpad driver which was intended for my laptop, assuming it was just crashed when updating... But in vain! Installation didn't even start, since the system said that already a more recent driver has been installed and to continue the operation, you need to delete it through "Programs and Features"... But here's the catch - drivers was not in the list of installed programs, which means there was nothing to delete.

Further I tried to find a solution on the internet, considering that he was not the only one faced with a problem. And so it happened. The problem arose many but it all came down to the fact that Microsoft has nothing to do with it and it is better to contact technical support laptop manufacturer... And the problem, by the way, arose with laptop owners completely different brands.

Typical Microsoft Support Response

There were also tips roll back the driver version to the previous one, which did not have this problem. And yes I am tried to do it, only here another snag arose. When trying to roll back the driver, it was reset to the point that provided by Microsoft Corporation suitable only for basic touchpad operation... And in theory, on top of it you can already install the Synaptics driver any version you want, but before that you need to to restart a computer... And that was where it all ended, because after the reboot, as active, the phantom driver was used again from Synaptics the most recent version.

Installing the May Windows 10 updates

Further, literally three days ago, Windows 10 received a new service pack which I pinned great expectations because I thought that she would correct the annoying mistake. But no, the system has been updated, but the problem remains... And here I decided that it was worth come to grips with this issue, which, in fact, will be discussed further.

How do I get my Synaptics Touchpad settings back?

As it turned out everything is very easy but at the same time not so obvious as we would like. In general, in order to solve my problem with the loss of settings, I did the following:

Option "B"

If for some reason described above the method does not return the settings panel to you Synaptics Touchpad, then you can use the second option. However, have in stock, downloaded from the official website of the laptop manufacturer, driver is still necessary.

Further, if the driver is in the archive, then it should be unpack and in the resulting folder find the file - Setup.exe... Run the file by double clicking the left mouse button and wait for the following dialog box to appear:

Now just install the driver like any other program for the operating system Windows... If you have any difficulties with this, then you can read the detailed instructions. Now that driver installed, you can restart your device and customize your touchpad.

It is also worth mentioning that even a successful driver installation Synaptics Touchpad is an temporary solution, since after the next, somehow global renewal Windows, the driver will removed from the system so it will have to re-install... But this already not a problem.

Final Words

As you can see nothing complicated about it, however, like any actions in Windows, the solution to the problem does not seem as obvious and understandable as we would like. Fortunately that Microsoft understands this and with every update try make the system intuitive for users of any level of depth and awareness. But while you have have questions for Windows and any other operating systems, you you can ask them, and I will answer them with their articles.

10, the touchpad just needs to be turned on.

Turn on the touchpad on a Windows 10 laptop

In order to turn on the touchpad, you must press a special button on the laptop keyboard. This is the Fn button. We hold it down and, while holding it, press the F7 key (in other laptop models it can be F4).

However, in some cases, the solution to this problem is carried out using the touch panel settings. To do this, press "Start" and right-click on "Control Panel".

Select "Mouse" from the list of required parameters.

The Mouse Properties window opens. Go to the "ClicPad" tab of the touch panel.

Uncheck "Disable internal. decree: device when connecting external decree. USB devices "and click" Enable ". If these actions do not work, click "Restore default".

A new window will open. Click "Restore all settings to default."

After we reboot the PC.

Updating the drivers to the touchpad

In order to update the driver to the touchpad, you need to open the "Device Manager" and go to the "Mice and other pointing devices" section. Next, select the touchpad and right-click on "Update Driver".

In the new window, click on "Automatic search for updated drivers".

This will start a search for drivers to the touchpad.

The system will notify you about the installation or the availability of an up-to-date software version.

If the problem cannot be solved using the automatic driver search. You need to go to the laptop manufacturer's website and find a driver for the touchpad.

If the touchpad does not work in your laptop, then the first thing you need to do is look at the driver and, if necessary, download and install.

There is no universal driver for the touchpad. Laptops are not only different, but hundreds of models can have the same name.

For example, asus, asus eee pc, x101ch, x550c, 5750g, n56v, k56c, x751l, k53s, x53s, r510c, k56cb, x502c, x200m, 751mj, x751l, x55a, k55v, k52jt, f402c, x75a, 1015n, 1015b, f83t, s56c, k50ab, f80s.

Acer aspire e15, v3 571g, 5750g, es1, e1 571g, e1 531, v3 q5wv1, e15 511, es1 512, 5560g, e3 112, e5 571g, e1 572g, 5552g, v5 5 series, e5 511.

Hp pavilion g6, dv6, probook, g7, dv7, 17 p003ur, 630, g7 2329sr. lenovo, lenovo g580, b570e, v580c, g500, g570, g550, g700, g505s, b560, m5400, b570, b50.

Packard bell easynote entf71bm, entg81ba, te69hw. Dell inspiron n5110, m5110, n5050. Toshiba satellite, l300, toshiba, c660, a215 s7437

Samsung np355v5c, np300. Sony vaio vgn ar51mr. Emachines. Msi ge70. Fujitsu and many others.

Moreover, different operating systems can be installed in it: windows 10 windows 7, windows 8, windows 8.1, and with different bit depth - 64 bit or 32 bit.

Therefore, here I will describe in simple language the universal ways to download the touchpad touchpad scrolling driver, which is located under the keyboard.

The highest quality option to download a touchpad driver for a laptop

The ideal option to download a touchpad driver for a laptop is undoubtedly the manufacturer's official website - everything is free there.

But not all manufacturers are conscientious about supporting their products and often it is not possible to download from there.

Then it is advisable to download the driver to use the official website of the developer of the touchpad itself.

Take into account right away that he is not one - there are three of them. Accordingly, the drivers are completely different.

How do you know which one you have? To do this, click on the section "mice and other pointing devices".

There you should see two branches. You need a bottom. Right-click on it and select properties. Then, in the top bar, click on the equipment ID.

In my case, it is ACPI \ VEN_SYN & DEV_0A06. You should only be interested in the characters highlighted in this line a little higher in red.

I have this SYN - this means that my laptop needs to download a driver from the SYNAPTIC touchpad manufacturer.

If you see PNP, then you have a touchpad from ALPS, and if ETD, then from ElANTECH. Below you will find links to the driver from these touchpad developers.

Download the touchpad driver from SYNAPTIC manufacturer:

Http://www.synaptics.com/en/drivers.php

Download the touchpad driver from ALPS manufacturer:

Http://www.alps.com/e/index.html

Download the touchpad driver from ElANTECH manufacturer:

Http://elantech.com

Universal option to download the touchpad driver

The option above has an important drawback. The websites of the manufacturers do not support Russian, which is extremely bad.

Most readers will not be able to find what they need there, so I will offer a simplified universal version.

It is based on the device ID. This method is very simple and any beginner can use it.

It is enough for this, and you will get acquainted with a small instruction (with pictures).

If this option does not work, then there is another option. Below is a link to a site where you can download any driver for any laptop, including the touchpad. https://driver.ru/?C=43

And what if none of the methods helped. There is a solution here as well. This is a comment describing the problem. Good luck.

To work on a laptop, the presence of a mouse is not required. All its functions can be easily replaced by a touchpad. But for stable operation, he needs special software. In addition, the installed drivers will help you fine-tune the touchpad and make the most of its potential. In this tutorial, we will show you where to find touchpad software for ASUS notebooks and how to install it.

There may be several reasons for installing touchpad drivers. An error that appears or simply the inability to enable or disable the touchpad itself may lead you to such a decision.

We suggest that you familiarize yourself with the options for solving a similar problem.

Method 1: ASUS website

As is the case with any drivers for ASUS laptops, the first thing to look for software is to go to the manufacturer's official website.

This completes the software installation process from the ASUS website. You can verify that the installation went well by using "Control panels" or "Device Manager".

To check with "Device Manager" the following is necessary.

Press the above keys "Win" and "R", and in the line that appears, enter the command devmgmt.msc
V "Device Manager" find the tab "Mice and other pointing devices" and open it.
If the touchpad software was installed correctly, then you will see the device in this tab ASUS Touchpad.

Method 2: Utilities to update drivers

We talked about such utilities in almost every our lesson dedicated to drivers. A list of the best such solutions is given in a separate lesson, which you can familiarize yourself with by clicking on the link.

In this case, we will use the utility. We recommend using it to install the touchpad drivers, since other programs have had problems finding such equipment.

You can learn more about how to install software using this utility from a separate material.

Method 3: Search for driver by ID

We have devoted a separate lesson to this method. In it, we talked about how to find out the device identifier, and what to do with it next. In order not to duplicate information, we suggest simply reading the next article.

This method will help you revitalize your touchpad. It is especially useful in cases where the previous methods did not work for one reason or another.

Method 4: Installing software through the "Device Manager"

If the touchpad flatly refuses to work, you can try this method.

One of the methods we have described will definitely help you use the full range of touchpad functions. You can disable it when a mouse is connected, or set special commands for certain actions. If you have any difficulties using these methods, write in the comments. We'll help bring your touchpad to life.