disable touchpad

[marypoppins_1]

hello. i want to disable my touchpad (when a hotkey is pressed) and then re-enable when pressed again( basically a toggle). does anyone know of how we can alter the state of the touchpad? i'm asking because i've seen old laptops with the option to disable it but not sure how.
thanks in advance

[marypoppins_1]

kind reminder.

[Draken]

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; Ctrl+Shift+[ = Touchpad Disable
^+[:: {
Run ‘C:\Windows\System32\SystemSettingsAdminFlows EnableTouchpad 0’
return
}

; Ctrl+Shift+] = Touchpad Enable
^+]:: {
Run 'C:\Windows\System32\SystemSettingsAdminFlows EnableTouchpad 1'
return
}

https://www.reddit.com/r/AutoHotkey/comments/eflpdi/toggle_touchpad_onoff_in_windows_10/

[Noitalommi_2]

Hi.

Can't test it, but supposedly Win+Ctrl+F24 is the shortcut to activate/deactivate the touchpad.

[RussF]

Can't test it, but supposedly Win+Ctrl+F24 is the shortcut to activate/deactivate the touchpad.

I'm not sure where you found that information, but according to Microsoft at Keyboard shortcuts in Windows, there is no such standard shortcut. Additionally, given that any keyboard that is currently supplied with a computer does not have 24 physical function keys (you must order them separately), it wouldn't make sense for Microsoft to create a shortcut using F24 for a touchpad, especially since I don't know of ANY laptops that have 24 function keys. To access F24 on a normal keyboard, you press Shift-F12, making you suggestion become Win-Shift-Ctrl-F12 - entirely possible, but not documented by Microsoft. Perhaps a specific laptop model has something coded in it's BIOS to do that, but if so, more than likely, it uses the Func key to do it and is not universal.

Russ

[RussF]

@marypoppins_1, FWIW, I personally can't stand touchpads. I always use a mouse with my laptop because I found that when I was typing, my hand or thumb would accidentally brush across the touchpad and often the cursor would end up halfway across the screen.

Most newer laptops have a settings panel for the touchpad where you can either permanently disable the TP, or only disable it when a mouse is plugged in. That is the setting I use because in the event I am using it away from my office and the mouse fails or batteries die, I can always fall back on the TP just by unplugging the dongle.

That's probably not exactly what you're looking for, but it's what I have to offer.

Russ

[Noitalommi_2]

Can't test it, but supposedly Win+Ctrl+F24 is the shortcut to activate/deactivate the touchpad.

I'm not sure where you found that information, but according to Microsoft at Keyboard shortcuts in Windows, there is no such standard shortcut. Additionally, given that any keyboard that is currently supplied with a computer does not have 24 physical function keys (you must order them separately), it wouldn't make sense for Microsoft to create a shortcut using F24 for a touchpad, especially since I don't know of ANY laptops that have 24 function keys. To access F24 on a normal keyboard, you press Shift-F12, making you suggestion become Win-Shift-Ctrl-F12 - entirely possible, but not documented by Microsoft. Perhaps a specific laptop model has something coded in it's BIOS to do that, but if so, more than likely, it uses the Func key to do it and is not universal.

Russ

Got it from here. Hidden Windows Key Hotkeys

So that works (Win F24 -- takes screenshot (as Win PrtSc)) F1::Send("{LWin down}{F24}{LWin up}")
The other key combination could also work, someone with a touchpad would have to test it.

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F1::Send("{LWin down}{LCtrl down}{F24}{LWin up}{LCtrl up}")

Edit:

this is cool:

Win F16 -- Slide to Shutdown -- opens drop-down menu allowing you to shut the computer down. I don't know if this menu can be accessed in any other way, I've never seen it before.