This tutorial will show you how to enable or disable the touch screen for your account or all users in Windows 11.
A touch screen, or touchscreen, is an input device that enables you to interact directly with what is displayed, rather than using a mouse, touchpad, or other such devices (other than a stylus, which is optional for most modern touch screens).
If your device (ex: laptop or tablet) has a touch screen, you may want to disable and enable it as needed.
Contents
- Option One: Enable or Disable Touch Screen for All Users in Device Manager
- Option Two: Enable or Disable Touch Screen for All Users in PowerShell
- Option Three: Enable or Disable Touch Screen for All Users using REG File
- Option Four: Enable or Disable Touch Screen for Current User using REG File
You must be signed in as an administrator to use this option.
1 Open Device Manager (devmgmt.msc).
2 Do step 3 (enable) or step 4 (disable) below for what you want.
3 To Enable Touchscreen
This is the default setting.
A) Click/tap on the arrow next to Human Interface Devices to expand it open. (see screenshot below)
B) Right click on HID-compliant touch screen, and click/tap on Enable device.
C) You can now close Device Manager if you like.
4 To Disable Touchscreen
A) Click/tap on the arrow next to Human Interface Devices to expand it open. (see screenshot below)
B) Right click on HID-compliant touch screen, and click/tap on Disable device.
C) Click/tap on Yes to confirm. (see screenshot below)
D) You can now close Device Manager if you like.
You must be signed in as an administrator to use this option.
1 Open Windows Terminal (Admin), and select Windows PowerShell.
2 Copy and paste the command below you want to use into PowerShell, and press Enter. (see screenshots below)
(Enable touchscreen - default)
Get-PnpDevice | Where-Object {$_.FriendlyName -like '*touch screen*'} | Enable-PnpDevice -Confirm:$falseOR
(Disable touchscreen)
Get-PnpDevice | Where-Object {$_.FriendlyName -like '*touch screen*'} | Disable-PnpDevice -Confirm:$false3 When finished, you can close Windows Terminal (Admin) if you like.
You must be signed in as an administrator to use this option.
1 Do step 2 (enable) or step 3 (disable) below for what you want.
2. Enable Touch Screen for All Users
This is the default setting.
A) Click/tap on the Download button below to download the file below, and go to step 4 below.
Enable_touchscreen_for_all_users.reg
Download
(Contents of REG file for reference)
Code:
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Wisp\Touch]
"TouchGate"=dword:00000001 3. Disable Touch Screen for All Users
A) Click/tap on the Download button below to download the file below, and go to step 4 below.
Disable_touchscreen_for_all_users.reg
Download
(Contents of REG file for reference)
Code:
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Wisp\Touch]
"TouchGate"=dword:000000004 Save the REG file to your desktop.
5 If you have Smart App Control turned on, you will need to unblock the downloaded REG file.
6 Double click/tap on the downloaded REG file to merge it.
7 When prompted, click/tap on Run, Yes (UAC), Yes, and OK to approve the merge.
8 Sign out and sign in or restart the computer to apply.
9 You can now delete the downloaded REG file if you like.
1 Do step 2 (enable) or step 3 (disable) below for what you want.
2. Enable Touch Screen for Current User
This is the default setting.
A) Click/tap on the Download button below to download the file below, and go to step 4 below.
Enable_touchscreen_for_current_user.reg
Download
(Contents of REG file for reference)
Code:
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Wisp\Touch]
"TouchGate"=dword:00000001 3. Disable Touch Screen for Current User
A) Click/tap on the Download button below to download the file below, and go to step 4 below.
Disable_touchscreen_for_current_user.reg
Download
(Contents of REG file for reference)
Code:
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Wisp\Touch]
"TouchGate"=dword:000000004 Save the REG file to your desktop.
5 If you have Smart App Control turned on, you will need to unblock the downloaded REG file.
6 Double click/tap on the downloaded REG file to merge it.
7 When prompted, click/tap on Run, Yes (UAC), Yes, and OK to approve the merge.
8 Sign out and sign in or restart the computer to apply.
9 You can now delete the downloaded REG file if you like.
That's it,
Shawn Brink
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