Disable Touchpad Tap on Dell-1545 with Windows 10

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Search for touchpad turned up over 27000 hits, so sorry if this is redundant.

Windows 10 has installed a generic PS/2 Compatible Mouse driver on my Dell 1545. No suitable driver is available for W10 from either Dell or Alps. (R270497 ran when I first installed W10 but MS has somehow decided it is no longer operable after the "Anniversary Update" and refuses to install it.)

I am happy with the way the touchpad works with my Alps touchpad except for tapping. I am too clumsy to have tapping active, and would really like to disable it. Of course, the Dell Touchpad Settings software doesn't run on W10. Quickset gives me no access to touchpad settings.

Does anyone know how to disable tapping on that touchpad? Preferably a full-up package to make adjustment like Dell Touchpad Settings used to do. But I would have no problem editing the Registry if someone could point to the proper parameter that would disable it if no full-up package is available.

Thanks.

ABCandJRC · Accepted Answer

Thank you natakuc4.

This is working as of 11/19/2016 using Windows 10 version 1607 Build 14393.447.

My situation was a bit different than the described procedure on the website because W10 had not installed a separate touchpad driver at all. Any touchpad activity was performed either by the PS/2 Compatible Mouse driver (or by magic.)

If you print this, then follow the graphics on the web site, it will make better sense. Just be aware that there are some “do this extra step” and “skip this step” implicit in my list.

Here are the steps I followed:

Download the driver file (Input_Driver_7GYYN_WN_8.1200.101.217_A04.EXE in my case)

Browse to the Dell Touchpad Drivers portion of The Unofficial Windows 10 Reinstallation Guide

http://dellwindowsreinstallationguide.com/dell-touchpad-drivers/

Scroll downward to “Alps Touchpad – 8.1200.101.217 – Windows 7 32/64 Bit”

Click on the hyperlink

Select Save (browser dependent as to how/where it is saved)

Extract the Driver

Locate the download

Double click the driver

Accept the User Account Control

Select Extract:

Select Downloads and make a new folder, call it Touchpad:

Select ok and then close:

Go to the Downloads folder and select the extracted Touchpad folder:

Look for the xx-Bit folder (where xx was 32 in my case):

Here’s where the big branch-off occurs.

Do a “cold” install of the touchpad driver

Double-click on the file DPInst.exe

Install the driver

Reboot

You should now be able to use the normal Windows 10 Settings > Devices > Mouse & touchpad > Additional mouse settings to make adjustments to the touchpad behavior

DELL-Pradeep L · Answer

Greetings,Unfortunately, we do not have the drivers and settings for Touchpad as this system is not tested on windows 10.

ABCandJRC · Answer

Thank you for responding. I have been on the Dell support site several times and have seen all the advisories. I have been a Dell client for many years and many computers, and really appreciate that site.

The touchpad works fine for pointing and clicking, so I am happy with that. But I really do not do well with a tap/click active. What I was hoping for was a clue as to how the system now knows to allow tapping. That perhaps there was a simple Registry parameter which I could adjust. I tried a Registry search for "tap", and it amazing how many Registry words contain the letters "tap"! No joy there.

I was especially dismayed when the R270497 touchpad setup software ran and then stopped working with a later W10 update. I fear much of my "experienced" software may become inoperable as MS decides to remove or "Improve" SVCs and such. All our computers are currently dual boot setups with W7 and W10. If things get bad enough, I may just have to rely exclusively on W7.

Again, thanks for the quick response.

DELL-Pradeep L · Answer

Greetings, We do not support dual boot and do not have the touchpad settings to disable tap  as the system is not tested on Windows 10.

Philip_Yip · Answer

You have to force install the Alps Driver via the Device Manger. See here for details: http://dellwindowsreinstallationguide.com/dell-touchpad-drivers/

Johnnythegeek · Answer

Probably engineered as a precision touchpad some new set of requirements Microsoft came up with for Win 8 and Win 10. Microsoft provides the specs, driver, and support and leaves the OEM to provide no driver except to go through a series of tasks to disable the Microsoft drivers and force a driver through compatibility mode. It does appear to work for some giving back a traditional settings menu for a touchpad from its manufacture.

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