Learn how to enable and disable the virtual touchpad in Windows. The virtual touchpad provides and on-screen touchpad that can be used to control the mouse.

I tried to got to Start > Settings > Devices > Touchpad to do so, but the "Touchpad" option is missing. Several guides have suggested that I could find them in a tab under "Additional mouse options" instead, but they are also not there.

I'm running W10 on a Lenovo laptop. I'm trying to get things set up, but I can't seem to enable my touchpad. (My touch screen and keyboard work, and I'm in "Desktop Mode.") The instructions I've all seem to be out of date. How do I enable the touchpad in W10?

Learn how to enable and disable the virtual touchpad in Windows. The virtual touchpad provides and on-screen touchpad that can be used to control the mouse.

Try to fix touchpad problems in Windows by updating drivers using either Windows Update or Device Manager or by reinstalling the touchpad.

In the Bluetooth & devices > Touchpad window, select the Three-finger gestures and Four-finger gestures sections to expand them. To customize the gesture action, use the drop-down menus in each section.

To enable or disable a touchscreen in Windows, follow these steps: Right-click on the Start menu and select Device Manager. In the Device Manager window that opens, select the arrow next to Human Interface Devices to expand it.

You can change touchpad settings to turn the touchpad on and off, adjust cursor speed, reverse scrolling direction, change three-finger and four-finger gestures, and more.

There is a possibility that HP set the 3 fingers tapping to open Cortana as a default action. If you want to disable it or change its action, I suggest following the steps in this article. It is actually an HP support article wherein they provided steps on how to customize Three-Finger Press.

Ideally I would want to mimic a touchpad, where you can long left-click by single pressing, and right click with two fingers. I can't for the life of me find any information on how to get this to work. And the settings available in Windows for this are shockingly sparse.