Select "Synaptics PS/2 Port TouchPad" and click next.Īccept (click "Yes" to) the warning that Windows cannot verify that this driver is right for this hardware. This should get you a list of three possible drivers to install: In there, select the SynPD folder and click Open, and then OK the previous dialog box. Right-click on the PS/2 mouse (or the unknown hardware, if that's how it appears under "Micro and other pointing devices"), and select Update Driver.Ĭhoose Let Me Pick from a list of device drivers on my computer.īrowse to the folder where you extracted the Synaptics touchpad driver v19.0.9.1 (I do not know if earlier or later versions will work I suppose that they should, but no guarantees), then under that folder keep browsing down in to WinWDF\圆4\ (assuming you're on a 64-bit platform as I am). Go to the Windows Device Manager, expand the "Mice and other pointing devices" section (if you've completely uninstalled all mouse drivers, right-click at the very top of the list and "Scan for hardware changes" so that it re-detects the generic PS/2 mouse or whatever, or simply shows an uninstalled device under Mice and other pointing devices. Windows 10 PS/2 and SMBus Devices v19.0.19.1Įxtract the contents (it's a normal ZIP file) make note of where you extracted the files. I specifically am successfully using the driver: Very sad.ĭownload the generic Synaptics Windows 10 driver from Synaptics' own drivers download page:
I called Dell support who wanted to charge me for software support for their obviously incomplete Windows 10 support.
The Dell Windows 10 touchpad driver for the Inspiron 3541 would install "successfully" but not actually get used by Windows and the touchpad had only minimal functionality.