Windows 7 gestures not working

If you need any other information about Windows, feel free to post your questions and we will be glad to help. Was this reply helpful? Yes No. Sorry this didn't help. Thanks for your feedback. I have a Toshiba Satellite CD-S laptop with Windows 7 Home Premium, and for some reason, multitouch gestures are not enabled anymore, like they were when I purchased it.

This thread is locked. You can follow the question or vote as helpful, but you cannot reply to this thread. To fix that, you need to update your touchpad drivers. Step 2: Expand Mice and other pointing devices. Right-click on your touchpad driver and select Update driver from the menu. Follow the on-screen instructions to update the driver online. Restart pc after updating the driver.

Do check our guide on how to update drivers correctly in Windows Occasionally, instead of updating the driver, rolling it back solves the problem. So try that as well.

Go to Device Manager. Right-click on your touchpad driver and select Properties. Restart the computer and see if the problem is fixed. If gestures work, update the driver, as shown above. If updating brings back the problem, rollback, and leave it without updating until the manufacturer pushes an update to fix it.

Another solution related to drivers that you should try is uninstalling the touchpad drivers. Right-click on the touchpad driver in Device Manager and select Uninstall driver. Restart PC.

Remember the good old Add or Remove programs option? The same can be used to repair your touchpad. Click on it. Check out other ways to open classic Add or Remove programs panel. We hope one of the above solutions should have fixed the touchpad gestures not working on Windows You can check HP , Dell , and Lenovo websites.

Next up: Once your touchpad is back in action and you are happy, check out 19 cool tips for Windows 10 from the next link. Does Cortana keep popping up on your Windows 10 desktop or laptop? This ruins your workflow and can get really annoying. Switch between open windows: Place three fingers on the touchpad and swipe right or left. Open Cortana: Tap three fingers on the touchpad. Open action center: Tap four fingers on the touchpad. Switch virtual desktops: Place four fingers on the touchpad and swipe right or left.

Windows 11 Windows 10 More Touch gestures You can use these gestures on the touch screen of your Windows 11 device. Try out these gestures on the touchpad of your Windows 10 laptop. Select an item: Tap on the touchpad. Need more help? Expand your skills. Get new features first. Was this information helpful? Yes No. Thank you! Any more feedback? The more you tell us the more we can help.