Windows 10: How do I disable inertial scrolling in Windows 11 File Explorer?

I have a Microsoft Surface Pro 6 laptop with the Microsoft keyboard that comes with a touchpad.When I open File Explorer, in the left side pane is a directory tree. When I scroll up or down using two fingers on the touch pad, the scrolling motion will continue even after I stop moving my fingers.I believe this is called "inertial scrolling." It might also be called "flick scrolling."I want to turn this off so that the movement correlates to when my fingers are moving on the touchpad, with no additional flicking or inertial movement after I remove my fingers.How do I turn off inertial scrolling

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Windows 10 Disable inertial scrolling

I have scoured the settings for this, but cannot find a way to disable inertial scrolling.

It is a problem particularly due to ctrl + scrolling being the shortcut for zooming.

As it continues to scroll if i press ctrl during this inertial scrolling then the page zooms in or out.

This gets in the way when browsing the web and switching tabs with ctrl + tab, opening new tabs with ctrl+click, etc...

Please tell me if there is a method to disable inertial scrolling, if not, why not?

 

Windows 10 Disable inertial scrolling

Thankyou for the reply.

This does not work.

I uninstalled the driver and restarted.

I don't know if that solved the issue of inertial scrolling though as it disable my ability to scroll with the touchpad. I don't have an external mouse to test with the mouse wheel.

Upon installing offical windows 10 touchpad drivers from the lenovo support site and restarting the system, the same issues occurs.

Again i searched mouse settings in system settings and clicking additional mouse options and advanced settings under the thinkpad tab, which i assume are driver specific options.

No option to disable the inertial scrolling just a setting to set the speed of inertial scrolling.

This setting doesn't seem to change the time spent inertial scrolling just the rate. I wish to set the time scrolling to 0 or simply disable it.

This is very frustrating to work with as i meantioned, pressing ctrl whilst inertial scrolling is active will cause the zoom shortcut to occur. I use ctrl combinations a LOT. This greatly reduces my productivity as i have to wait for the inertal scrolling
to stop or carefully stop my scrolling before using ctrl at all.

I have contacted lenovo support and left a message detailing the issue.

Please note this is a huge black mark for me against windows 10, which is actually the only issue i have had thus far, as the amount of time lost and frustration adds up.

If this issue is not resolved I WILL go back to windows 7, or switch to linux as I don't really have a use for windows currently, just a bit easier with compatibility for other people.

I have not upgraded my desktop for program compatibility issues, and was testing the OS on my laptop first.

 

Windows 10 Tweaks

Pressing “Windows+Pause Break” (it’s up there next to scroll lock) opens the “System” Window.

Windows 10: In the new version of Windows, Explorer has a section called Quick Access. This includes your frequent folders and recent files. Explorer defaults to opening this page when you open a new window. If you’d rather open the usual This PC, with links to your drives and library folders, follow these steps:

• Open a new Explorer window.
• Click View in the ribbon.
• Click Options.
• Under General, next to “Open File Explorer to:” choose “This PC.”
• Click OK

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