Is your laptop mouse not working? If not, you come to the right place. In this post, MiniTool Partition Wizard shows you how to solve the mouse on laptop not working issue in 3 cases.

Nowadays, most PC manufacturers don’t ship a mouse along with the laptop to you. You can use the touchpad to move the cursor. However, the touchpad is not as convenient as the mouse. Therefore, many people will buy a mouse for their laptops.

Some people report that their mice don’t work. How to solve the laptop mouse not working issue? You can refer to the following content.

For Wired Mice

Some people want to solve the Dell laptop mouse not working, HP laptop mouse not working, ASUS laptop mouse not working, Lenovo laptop mouse not working, Acer laptop mouse not working, or Surface mouse not working issue.

However, if you use a wired mouse on these PCs, the solutions are the same. You need to check if the indicator light on the bottom of the mouse is on.

If it doesn’t light up, it means the mouse is not plugged in correctly or the mouse is broken. You need to plug the mouse into another USB port to see if it works. You can also plug another mouse into the USB port to see if it works. This will help you identify if the mouse or the USB port is damaged.

The mouse pointer is on, but the mouse is not responding. In this case, the issue is usually related to the mouse driver, USB driver, or other software issues. In this case, you need to open Device Manager, expand Mice and other pointing devices, right-click the mouse adapter, and choose Update driver.

Tips:
1. You can also try rolling back the driver or reinstalling the driver.
2. You can also update the USB driver in the same way.
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For Wireless Mice

If you use a wireless mouse, you can also use similar ways to solve the Dell laptop mouse not working, HP laptop mouse not working, ASUS laptop mouse not working, Lenovo laptop mouse not working, Acer laptop mouse not working, or Surface mouse not working issue.

First, you need to check if the mouse is turned on. If it is turned on but no light flashes, you should replace the battery first. If the power is enough but the mouse light is still off, the mouse may be damaged and you need to replace it.

If the mouse light is on, you need to make sure you have paired the mouse with the laptop. If you have ever done that but the mouse on laptop not working issue still occurs, you can try updating the mouse driver and the Bluetooth driver.

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For Touchpad/Trackpad

If you use the touchpad/trackpad as the mouse, you can try the following ways to solve the laptop mouse not working issue.

  1. Make sure the touchpad is clean.
  2. Enable Touchpad in Settings > Devices > Touchpad.
  3. Update the touchpad driver under Mice and other pointing devices.

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Bottom Line

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