Script to Disable Touchpad?

[Lady Fitzgerald]

Lady F what type of touchpad do you have, synaptic or alps?

Synaptic.

 

[Anak]

Lady F I saw your earlier thread that derekimo just posted and I now know you have a synaptic touchpad.

If you don't have the setting to disable the touch pad in "mouse properties" you will have to use a vista driver to get it. Lenovo took it out for 7. I'm looking for it, but haven't found it yet.

The only other option I've found is:

start menu > run > type: regedit [enter]
browse: hklm\software\microsoft\windows\currentversion\run
find entries starting with "syn" as this relates to the synaptics touchpad. delete those entries.

you will not longer be able to use the tap function until u re-install the driver.

Source, 3rd post down: How to disable the touchpad on my Lenovo Ideapad G... - Lenovo Community

 

[Lady Fitzgerald]

Just for reference on this,

http://www.sevenforums.com/hardware-devices/247524-disabling-touchpad-lenovo-g570-laptop.html

This is why I'm trying for something that can emulate the FN/F6 key presses.

 

[Anak]

I just found your how-to-geek thread, that nixes the registry hack.

 

[Lady Fitzgerald]

I just found your how-to-geek thread, that nixes the registry hack.

Yeah, that was a joke. Lenovo made that blasted touchpad bullet proof.

 

[Anak]

Have you any experience with task scheduler? I looked at it briefly but it doesn't look promising.

 

[Lady Fitzgerald]

Have you any experience with task scheduler? I looked at it briefly but it doesn't look promising.

Nope, although I had figured it would have to be used with a script.

 

[Anak]

These two touch on it:
c# - How to simulate pressing Fn+F6? - Stack Overflow

This one's for 32bit
Fn+F6 sendkey

This looks promising:
http://crunchbang.org/forums/viewtopic.php?pid=259796

Sadly, I don't understand any of it.

 

[Lady Fitzgerald]

Same here. I would say it was Greek to me but I know a handful of words in Greek.

 

[Anak]

With every solution I've seen to writing a script the problem is the Fn key, it is hardware supported and difficult to write for.

The only thing I can think of is similar to PooMan's suggestion of removing the cable connector. You need to isolate the pad.

You'll need a piece of hard, thin plastic like an expired credit or gift card. Gift card preferably, because it won't have the embossing on it and no bank numbers. Then fasten it over top the touch pad, in your case, permanently.

You could use small dabs of hot glue, an epoxy, the thinnest double-sided tape you can find.
After looking at that tape maybe even several layers of FRYS.com*|*Bazic clear packing tape

This might even work: FRYS.com*|*Lamitek Usa Usually one side is completely sticky just center it up, lay it down, and stick it!

 

[Sub Styler]

You need to find the ASCII value ofthe FN F6 Value, I found someone reporting it as 258 or {(ASC 258)} but this shows on the ASCII Table as F8, Your keyboard makes FN+F6 act as a single keystroke (Usually equal to something between F13-F24) although keyboards dont tend to have these keys they still have values, the FN key basically extends the F Keys to a second row, the value will depend on both the hardware (keyboard) and the driver.

Trying not to ramble on you will need to capture your ascii value by pressing FN+F6 with an app that will translate it.

Edit: Keycode values, not ASCII values, the Fx Keys dont have ASCII values

Edit 2: This site may give the result (scroll to test box at the bottom of the page)
http://www.quirksmode.org/js/keys.html
If at first you don't succeed, try a different browser
http://www.quirksmode.org/js/keys.html