Fix: Lenovo Yoga 2 Pro - Synaptics Touch Pad - right click issue on Windows 10

After upgrading to Windows 10 from Windows 8 (that came with the laptop), I was plagued by this strange right click issue on my Lenovo Yoga 2 Pro laptop. Most of the time the right click will not generate any response and sometimes it does. This was mostly unpredictable. When I used the Pressure Graph utility that came with the driver, I can see the hardware is working and the clicks and taps are properly registered. So it looked like an OS/Driver issue.

I tried rolling back to the previous driver (version 19) but no use. The default driver that comes with Windows 10 was even worse. The issue was present in other Lenovo laptops, even other brand machines and was plaguing quite a large customers. Finally I found this link in HP forum where they were suggesting a different version of the driver (version 18) and it worked.

You will have to uninstall the existing driver (Start > Search > Add Remove Programs > Search this list > Type Synaptics > Click Uninstall) and then install the version 18 driver. You will be asked to restart the machine at each step, follow that.

Synaptics version 18 Driver link: http://whp-hou4.cold.extweb.hp.com/pub/softpaq/sp68001-68500/sp68198.exe

After installing, I will recommend setting up Tap zones (in my experience, this is better than click).

1. Go to Windows + s > Type "Mouse & touch pad settings" > Open
2. Click "Additional Mouse Options"
3. Go to "Device settings" tab, the last one
4. Click "Settings"
5. Go to Tapping > Tap Zones
6. Click "Enable Tap zones"
7. Expand Tap Zones node in the navigation tree
1. Set Bottom right action as "Secondary click ..."
2. Set the rest of the zones as "No zone ..." (optional, feel free to customize)

Now you have right click just by tapping the bottom right corner of your touch pad.