Can’t close apps or browsers using touchpad after opening them

[Cassie16]

Hello. I’m having some issues with my laptop. I can get logged in and open an app or a browser or anything like that but once I am in the app or browser I can’t do anything with it. I can’t clock on anything and I can’t click on the X to close it or minimize or anything. This just started this morning 4/16/2020. Would anyone know how to fix it or what might be the problem?

[praveen196]

@Cassie16 Welcome to HP Community!

I understand that you are unable to close the application or browser using a touchpad.

Do not worry. I will try to fix the issue.

Let's try uninstalling the Touchpad driver:

1. Press Windows+X to open the menu, and choose Device Manager on it. 

2. In the device manager, expand category "Mice and other pointing devices". 

3. Under this category, right click on your Synaptics Touchpad driver and click on Uninstall. 

4. You may be required to confirm the uninstallation. Check the box next to "Delete the driver software for this device" and click OK button. 

5. Restart your PC for the change to take effect. After restarting. Windows will attempt to reinstall the driver. 

6. Do not perform any manual upgrades to the driver until it does automatically 

You may refer to this support document for - HP Notebook PCs - Using the TouchPad or ClickPad (Windows 10)

If the issue persists, I would suggest here is to run the Windows update troubleshooter.

Download and install the troubleshooter from this link.

Now try to perform Windows Updates - 

1) In the search box, type and open Windows Updates. 
2) Check for updates. 
3) If the updates are available, click on install and restart the computer. 

If the issue still persists, I would suggest here is to update the Bios on your computer from  HP Support Assistant Updates - 

1) In the search box, type and open HP Support Assistant. 
2) Check for updates. 
3) If the updates are available, click on install and restart the computer. 

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