How can I permanently change touchpad settings?

I've got a simple solution...

Just press the windows key and type 'startup'. You will see 'Startup applications'

• click this and then click [ADD]
• give it a name (like mousetap2)

• enter the command in the box... i.e.

  synclient TapButton2=2 TapButton3=3
  

and that's it...

It will run on startup and configure the trackpad all without pissing about with configuration files.