Devices Enable or Disable Two Finger Press and Hold Touch Gesture in Windows 11

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This tutorial will show you how to enable or disable the two finger press and hold touch gesture for your account 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).

You can get around Windows faster with touch screen gestures. A touch gesture is the physical action performed on a touch screen by your finger(s).

If your device (ex: laptop or tablet) has a touch screen, you can enable or disable the two finger press and hold touch gesture.



Contents

  • Option One: Enable or Disable Two Finger Press and Hold Touch Gesture in Settings
  • Option Two: Enable or Disable Two Finger Press and Hold Touch Gesture using REG file




Option One

Enable or Disable Two Finger Press and Hold Touch Gesture in Settings


1 Open Settings (Win+I).

2 Click/tap on Bluetooth & devices on the left side, and click/tap on Touch on the right side. (see screenshot below)


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3 Turn on (default) or off Two finger press and hold gesture for what you want. (see screenshot below)

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4 You can now close Settings if you like.




Option Two

Enable or Disable Two Finger Press and Hold Touch Gesture using REG file


1 Do step 2 (enable) or step 3 (disable) below for what you want.

2 Enable Two Finger Press and Hold Touch Gesture

This is the default setting.


A) Click/tap on the Download button below to download the file below, and go to step 4 below.​

Turn_ON_two_finger_press_and_hold_touch_gesture.reg


(Contents of REG file for reference)
Code:
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Wisp\Touch]
"DualPressAndHold_Enabled"=dword:00000001

3 Disable Two Finger Press and Hold Touch Gesture

A) Click/tap on the Download button below to download the file below, and go to step 4 below.​

Turn_OFF_two_finger_press_and_hold_touch_gesture.reg


(Contents of REG file for reference)
Code:
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Wisp\Touch]
"DualPressAndHold_Enabled"=dword:00000000

4 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 Either 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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