What is ‘Touchpad driver missing’ issue in Windows 10?
If you are facing ‘Touchpad driver missing Windows 10’, ‘Touchpad not working’, or ‘Touchpad stops working’ issue in your Windows 10 laptop, then you are in right place for the solution. Here, you will be guided with easy steps/methods to resolve the issue. Let’s starts the discussion.
‘Touchpad driver missing’ issue: It is common Windows Problem considered as Touchpad or Touchpad driver issue. When you experience your Windows 10 laptop touchpad not working issue and attempts to check touchpad driver status in Device Manager, then you might experience ‘Touchpad driver missing’ issue. It indicates Touchpad driver is not installed in your Windows 10 laptop properly or is missing that’s why you are facing issue with your laptop touchpad.
There could be several reasons behind the issue including disabled touchpad device driver in Device Manager, outdated/corrupted or missing touchpad driver, outdated Windows OS, misconfigured BIOS Settings, and issue with touchpad hardware itself. If you are not aware, touchpad driver is important software required to communicate your touchpad hardware with operating system installed in your computer. Touchpad driver update is necessary in this case in order to fix the issue.
You should make sure Touchpad device driver is not hidden in Device Manager and if so, you need to show hidden devices in Device Manager in order to fix the issue. Also, this issue can be occurred due to bad configured or misconfigured BIOS settings of your device so you can restore BIOS to default in order to fix the issue. Let’s go for the solution.
How to fix Touchpad driver missing Windows 10?
Method 1: Fix Touchpad driver missing with ‘PC Repair Tool’
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Method 2: Run ‘Hardware and Devices’ troubleshooter
Windows 10 built-in Hardware and Devices troubleshooter can resolve this issue. Let’s try.
Step 1: Open ‘Settings’ App in Windows 10 via Windows Search Box and go to ‘Update & Security > Troubleshoot’
Step 2: Find and select ‘Hardware and Devices’ troubleshooter, and click ‘Run the troubleshooter’ button. Follow on-screen instructions to finish troubleshooting and once done, please check if the issue is resolved.
Method 3: Show hidden devices in Device Manager
This issue can be occurred if touchpad device driver is hidden in Device Manager. You can unhide it in order to fix the issue.
Step 1: Open ‘Device Manager’ in Windows 10 via Windows Search Box
Step 2: Click ‘View’ menu and select ‘Show hidden devices’
Step 3: Now, click ‘Action’ menu and select ‘Scan for hardware changes’ and check if touchpad entry shows up and also check if Touchpad driver is installed properly.
Method 4: Uninstall and reinstall Touchpad driver
This issue can be occurred if Touchpad driver is not properly installed in your device. You can uninstall Touchpad driver and then reinstall it in order to fix the issue.
Step 1: Open ‘Device Manager’ in Windows 10 and expand ‘Mice and other pointing devices’
Step 2: Right-click on your Touchpad device entry and select ‘Uninstall’ and follow on-screen instructions to finish uninstall and once uninstalled, restart your computer. Restarting computer will reinstall all necessary drivers in computer and once done, please check if the issue is resolved.
Method 5: Update Touchpad driver
If uninstalling and reinstalling Touchpad driver didn’t work for you, then you can perform Touchpad driver update in order to fix the issue.
Step 1: Open ‘Device Manager’ in Windows 10 and expand ‘Mice and other pointing devices’ category
Step 2: Right-click on your Touchpad device entry and select ‘Update Driver’, follow on-screen instructions to finish update process and once done, restart your computer and check if the issue is resolved.
Download or reinstall Touchpad driver update in Windows 10 [Automatically]
You can also try to update all Windows drivers including Touchpad driver using Automatic Driver Update Tool. You can this tool through button/link below.
Method 6: Restore BIOS to default
This issue can be occurred due to bad configured or misconfigured BIOS settings of your computer. You can perform BIOS Settings reset to default in order to fix the issue. Steps to perform BIOS Setting reset operation may differ depending on your device’s motherboard manufacturer so you should follow your computer manufacturer guidelines to do so, and once finished, please check if the issue is resolved.
Conclusion
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