Does anyone know of a way to automatically turn off the touchpad on a notebook (XPS 1330 specifically in my case) when I have my bluetooth mouse on? I'm getting better at avoiding tapping thumbs ...

Patrick Marshall answers questions about disabling the touchpad on a laptop and how to fix a bug in Windows 11.

Learn how to create a shortcut that opens your mouse properties to the dialog that lets you change your touch pad's settings.

Go to Bluetooth & devices. Click on Touchpad. Expand Taps and then untick Press the lower right corner of the touchpad to right-click to disable it.

The "virtual touchpad" in Windows 10 build 14965 could let tablet users can dump the mouse when connecting to external displays.