Some Lenovo users have started complaining on Lenovo’s support forums that they are experiencing Yoga 13 touchpad woes with Windows 8.1. The IdeaPad Yoga 13 Convertible is an impressive ultrabook, that can be considered one of the best products to make use of Windows 8’s unifying experience for both desktop and touch users. The touchpad might not seem like a vital functionality of this ultrabook as it also has a more than capable touchscreens, but it is pretty hard for some users to let go of the good ol’ pointer feel. A frustrated Lenovo user has shared this on the forums:
How can I fix Lenovo Yoga 13 touchpad issues?
1. Download the latest Lenovo drivers
In the end, the OP managed to solve most of his touchpad issues by downloading the update Lenovo drivers for Windows 8.1. He had to perform a complete uninstall of the mouse driver and synaptics, and run the upgrade to the new drivers after that. However, he still didn’t manage to mak two finger click work. We are also reaching out to Lenovo hoping that they will release a fix for this small, but annoying issue.
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2. Tweak your Registry
Update: thanks to our helpful commenter Francis, we’re suggesting the following fix: “Run the registry editor (regedit) Go to key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESoftwareSynapticsSynTPDefaults Here create a new key as a DWORD and name it as ‘HasBothButtonFeature’ without the quotes and set the value to 1. Log off and Log on again You can also enable 2 finger tap or 3 finger tap to middle or right click This is a per-user registry setting Run the registry editor (regedit) Go to key: HKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwareSynapticsSynTPTouchPadPS2 Edit the 2FingerTapAction or 3FingerTapAction Change the value to “2” for right click Change the value to “4” for middle click Log off and Log on again If you use the 3 finger tap action, you may need to do the following or the mouse pointer will freeze when you 3 finger tap. It seems to affect the latest versions of the Synaptics driver. Run the registry editor (regedit) Go to key: HKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwareSynapticsSynTPTouchPadPS2 Edit 3FingerTapPluginID and clear the SynTP string Change the value of 3FingerTapPluginActionID to “0”
3. Enable your touchpad (ELAN)
4. Run the Hardware and Devices troubleshooter
If the issue persists, you may want to run Windows 10’s built-in troubleshooter. Since this problem is related to a hardware component, you’re going to select the Hardware and Devices troubleshooter.
Let us know if this does the trick for you! RELATED STORIES TO CHECK OUT:
Fix: Synaptics Touchpad Disabled at Windows Startup How to Fix Left, Right Click Touchpad Issues in Windows 8, 8.1, 10 Microsoft brings the virtual touchpad to Windows 10
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