touch pad wont stay disabled

[JHeald]

I have disabled the Synapics touch pad in settings but this is not permenant and must be repeated after logging in again

[DavidPK · Accepted solution]

Hi,

Try the following.

Hold down the Windows key and press R

Into the Run box type regedit and hit enter

In the Registry Editor, navigate to the following

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Synaptics\SynTP\Install

Inside, look for a key named DeleteUserSettingsOnUpgrade

If this is present, right click the key and select Modify

Set the Value data field to 0 ( Zero ) and then click Ok.

Close the Registry Editor.

Make the Synaptics setting changes you require in the usual way and save them, then check if they're now retained after a reboot.

Regards,

DP-K

[ChrisT]

Hello,

Are you disabling the touchpad in the Control Panel > Settings > Mouse page?

[JHeald]

Yes

[Donna456]

I have a new HP spectre x360 convertible 13-ap0033dx  I have to continually disable the touch pad and now it won't stay disabled.  I keep hitting it while typing.  Anyone have a suggestion?  I have gone into the registry and changed something to Zero.  I found this in the help section.