Shortcut for enabling / disabling the Touchpad (not the TouchSCREEN)

[user08151]

On my brand new Envy there is no FN-Key for enabling or disabling the Touchscreen.

My last HP didn't have that either but I could deactivate the Touchpad by double-tapping on the upper left corner (and had a nice LED-Indicator there of the current status)

With the new envy that does NOT work.

The current state is actually really annoying. If I type on the keyboard I touch very often the Touchpad area as well - resulting in cursor movement and ending up typing somewhere nowhere close to where I want to type.

I know I can disable / enable the Touchpad in the Windows-Settings - opening the settings, change the current state (confirm UAC) is not really what I expect from a continous workflow - I also want and need to use the Touchscreen (I actually use the gestures) - so permanently disabling is NOT an option.

Is there a SIMPLE way to turn the Touchpad on / off? It would be enough if I could change the behavior of the other function-keys - I don't use the 3 functions for multimedia playback at all - so those are really good candidates for me ... the command center would be good as well (I don't need that at a fingertipp and can just open the app the 'normal way' if I want to)

[user08151 · Accepted solution]

FWIW:

I ended up using AutoHotKey to toggle the Precision Touchpad. In my opionion total overkill for a standard and basic funtion that should either be supported by HP or Windows. Make the FN-Keys customizable would be really great.

As the usual searches came up with some pretty strange results for toggling the touchpad I ended up using this:

^F2:: Send, ^#{F24}

It simply sends CTRL + WIN + F24 (which seems to be the desired way to do this from Microsoft) - that way it does not invoke UAC or other annoying stuff. (in my case it is mapped to CTRL + F2)