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In How to disable my netbook's touchpad when a usb mouse is connected I could not find an answer for my question.

Some laptops have drivers that automatically disable touchpad when an external mouse is connected. My three-years-old Toshiba's drivers do not have such option. Is there another way to do this in Windows 7? Answers to the mentioned question say to use the driver's option. I don't have that driver and thus don't have such option. What can I do?

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  • See also [Disable trackpad when mouse is connected (Dell laptop)](http://superuser.com/questions/185995/disable-trackpad-when-mouse-is-connected-dell-laptop) – hippietrail Aug 09 '12 at 19:50
  • I'm looking for third-party software for this too; Acer's India tech support took 20 minutes to tell m e they THINK it's synaoptics and they refuse to support Windows 7. "PowerSwitch" is great for laptops and I'm hoping to find a third party program like that but for the trackpad ONLY when mouse is hooked up. – John Mar 23 '15 at 14:51
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    Possible duplicate of [How to disable my netbook's touchpad when a usb mouse is connected](https://superuser.com/questions/242118/how-to-disable-my-netbooks-touchpad-when-a-usb-mouse-is-connected) – Stevoisiak Jun 07 '17 at 00:07
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    The suggested duplicates do not appear to provide a Win 7 solution if the driver doesn't support this feature, as is the case here. – fixer1234 Jun 09 '17 at 05:43
  • @John Why in the world did you decide to choose to call acer india tho?? Also still need the solution for your problem? – Valay_17 Apr 14 '20 at 05:30

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This doesn't apply to Windows 7, but Windows 8 & 10 have a built in option to disable the touchpad when a mouse is connected.

Open the Windows settings app (Ctrl+I), navigate to Devices → Touchpad, and uncheck Leave touchpad on when a mouse is connected

Leave touchpad on when a mouse is connected

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I havn't seen or know of a program which does this, but AutoHotKey will allow you to automate what Shree said about...

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