Sometimes my Surface Pro 4 touchpad stops working when I resume from sleep. The keys on the type cover still work, just no responsiveness from the touchpad.
Microsoft support recommends reattaching the cover, getting the latest updates (have them), or restarting the machine.
Restarting usually does the trick, but it's obviously very annoying to do so. Is there some way I can get it to recognize the touchpad again without a full restart? Maybe some trickery in the device manager or the registry?
Best Answer
A large class of device enumeration problems can be recovered from by cycling through "Disable"/"Enable" on the device in Device Manager. (Although this may by more annoying than detaching/reattaching the keyboard/touchpad). This can be done from a command line script if you are willing to install DevCon: https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/hardware/ff544707(v=vs.85).aspx