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Since upgrading to Windows 10 the Synaptics driver will occasionally become unstable (specifically when explorer.exe dies) and cause the mouse cursor to lock up for a few seconds every couple of minutes. I've experienced this on my HP Elitebook 8470p and Elitebook 840G2, but it's likely occuring on any laptop with a Synaptics touch pad in Win10.…
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FixSynaptics.bat
@echo off
rem FOR RESETTING SYNAPTICS MOUSE DRIVER
rem HELPFUL FOR WHEN MOUSE REGULARLY FREEZES AFTER EXPLORER.EXE HANGS
rem OR SCROLL/GESTURES STOP WORKING RANDOMLY
taskkill -f -im syntpenh.exe
pushd C:\Program Files\Synaptics\SynTP
start "" "syntpenh.exe"
popd
timeout /t 2 /nobreak >nul
exit /b
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