It worked for me this way: Open Control Panel. In the search field at top right type, 'mouse' and hit enter. Click on 'mouse' in green - the top one! The very last tab of the window that popped up will be your device's software settings - click it and open up the settings program.
Why is the Touchpad scroll not working after Windows 10 Update? A few weeks ago, Microsoft released the new Windows 10 and millions of users upgraded their stuff with the new operating system. The new Windows 10 is quite nice and runs really smooth, even on older devices. The installation could be completed without any error and at first glance, everything worked as before. After some time using the new OS on our notebook a weird problem occurred. We normally use the touchpad gestures to scroll in documents or the Google Chrome browser. But here is the problem, after the Windows 10 the Touchpad scroll not working anymore.
So what is the cause and how to fix the Touchpad problem? Touchpad scroll not working after Windows 10 upgrade: Synaptics problem Touchpad scroll gestures not working in Windows 10We have tried various solutions but no fix has helped us. After hours of searching the web we found a simple and working solutions. Meanwhile there are two solutions to fix the Touchpad scroll problem in Windows 10. The first solution is pretty easy and can be performed even by windows beginners. If the first solution does not work, then you should try out our second tip.
FIXED Touchpad two finger scroll not working in Windows 10Having ability to scroll pages and lists with two fingers is amazing. This gives more control and is very efficient also. But today when I switched on my laptop, I found that scrolling feature was not working.
I haven’t even updated my windows recently and not even messed up the settings. Nor did I install any new software or application which might have caused this problem. After a bit of research I came to know that this touchpad two finger scroll feature which can be turned on or off from settings itself.Earlier I thought it was permanently included feature. There are few methods which can solve the problem so I will be discussing the same with you guys here.
Now let’s discus the methods to fix the two finger scroll feature of Windows 10 and later versions. Methods to fix the touchpad two finger scroll feature in Windows 10Method 1= Enable/Disable two finger scroll featureFollow the below steps to Enable/disable the two finger scroll feature:. Open Control Panel. Now set view by: Category. Click on Hardware and Sound. Now click on Mouse under Device and Printers. A new Dialogue box will open, click on Device Settings tab.
Click on Settings and a new dialogue box will open. Now tap on Multi finger tab and check mark the Enable vertical scrolling. Lastly click on Ok to save the changes.You can also type main.cpl and hit enter to directly go to Device Settings of mouse. It was as simple as that! Sometimes it can happen that you already had vertical scrolling enabled in the above method but still it’s not working. This can happen if you recently updated the driver manually or automatically by your Operating system. In this case we will roll back to the old driver to see if the feature resumes in action or not.Method 2= Roll back to the old driver.
Open Control Panel. Now set view by: Category. Click on Hardware and Sound. Go to Device Manager and then double click on Mice and other pointing devices. Now right click on Touchpad device (mine is Lenovo pointing device, yours can be Synaptics Pointing Device or any other brand) and click on Properties. In the new dialogue box, click on Driver tab and click on Roll back driver.
Finally it will ask for the reason for your roll back, select anyone of the options and click Yes.If the Roll back driver option is grayed out then this method is not for you. Next method is just opposite of the above method, may be it’s your outdated driver that caused the problem? Also Read –Method 4= Change the pointer. Open Control Panel. Now set view by: Category.
Click on Hardware and Sound. Now click on Mouse under Devices and Printers. A new Dialogue box will open, click on Pointers. Select any other option from scheme list.Did it work?
Have any of the above methods worked for you? If yes let us know in the comment section below and if not then also give us the feedback so we can try finding other solutions for this issue. That’s all we had about How to fix two finger scroll not working in Windows 10.