Two finger right click does not work

Anonymous
2013-10-18T16:17:22+00:00

I recently installed Windows 8.1 and the two finger right click gesture on my touchpad stopped working. Before the update it was working fine. I do not know how to fix it.

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Anonymous
2014-01-21T14:44:09+00:00

I recently installed Windows 8.1 and the two finger right click gesture on my touchpad stopped working. Before the update it was working fine. I do not know how to fix it.

Hey, I personally found this way for the 2 Finger-click to work out after searching for 4-5 months ( I am assuming your touchpad is Synaptics; as mine is) :

  1. To re-enable two finger tap, press Windows key + R, enter "regedit" then press enter, and on the left pane browse to the following location:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Synaptics\SynTP\TouchPadPS2

  1. In the right pane, double click on 2FingerTapAction and change the value to a "2" (Hexadecimal) for right click, or a "4" (Hexadecimal) for middle click. 
  2. Double click on 2FingerTapPluginID and clear any value it may have.
  3. In the right pane, find the MultiFingerTapFlags key and change it from a 2 to a 3.
  4. Additionally, if you want to enable three finger tap for middle click, double click on 3FingerTapAction and change the value to a "4", also clear any value for 3FingerTapPluginID and set 3FingerTapPluginActionID to "0".
  5. Restart your PC and you can see the changes well enough.

Note: You should be careful enough while changing the keys in the Registry, as any deletion or wrong entry may create problems in running Windows.

Good Luck!

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Anonymous
2014-02-02T16:45:55+00:00

To the above 'Jeet Das's answer, I'd like to add that on my Lenovo IdeaPad Y500, the settings that needed to be changed were under

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Synaptics\SynTP\TouchPadSMB2c


Thanks Jeet!

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  1. Anonymous
    2013-10-30T02:05:18+00:00

    If you are running into this issue on Dell XPS systems, you can install the latest driver for 8.1 from

    http://www.dell.com/support/drivers/us/en/19/DriverDetails/Product/xps-12-l221x?driverId=FC97X&osCode=WB64A&fileId=3289531373&languageCode=EN&categoryId=IN

    -Eliyas

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  2. Anonymous
    2013-10-30T04:14:00+00:00

    I have HP ENVY 17-j005tx Notebook and the same issue! very frustrating  - That's it going back to windows 8

    I just "upgraded" my recently purchased Lenovo U410 Touch laptop from Windows 8 to 8.1 and have this issue after the update. Since there's no solution to this problem and I wasn't crazy about Windows 8 anyway, I've decided to replace Windows 8.1 with Ubuntu. I wish I could get my money back for the pre-installed copy of Windows 8 included with the computer. I'm really disappointed with Microsoft.

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  3. Anonymous
    2013-10-30T23:52:19+00:00

    I actually got mine working!

    The solution here by flyingbunnys worked on my Lenovo U410.

    Before finding this solution, I had tried reinstalling Windows and changing the registry value several times, all without success. Setting the touchpad settings to the defaults first seems to have done the trick.

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