I personally find this Dell mouse stick pointer very annoying. It always messes
up my typing. Thus I always had it disabled.
All of a sudden, today it is enabled. It turns out that Dell Touchpad application no longer exists
in my laptop. I don't understand how and why this could happen. It could be related to Windows update.
In order to disable it, I
have to re-install Dell Touchpad application. After the reboot,
Dell Touchpad will show up in
Mouse Properties so that I can configure it.
The following is the procedure of how to disable this
mouse stick pointer.
- If you don't have Dell Touchpad application installed, go Dell Support site to download and install it. Most of time, a reboot is required after installation.
- Go Control Panel.
- Select All Control Panel Items.
Or type mouse at the search box and then select Change mouse settings.
- If you have Dell Touchpad application installed,
Dell Touchpad tab will show up. Click on the image inside the Dell Touchpad tab content.
- Select Button Settings from Dell Touchpad window.
- Select Device Select tab and click Disable radio button of Pointing Stick
and then click Apply.
- The mouse stick pointer will be disabled instantly. Click OK and then exit the Dell Touchpad application.
Note that the above procedure/pictures are captured from my Latitude E6510.