This tutorial will show you how to turn on or off drag two fingers to scroll on the touchpad for your account in Windows 11.
If your Windows 11 device (ex: laptop) has a built-in precision touchpad, you can turn on or off the ability to drag two fingers to scroll on the touchpad.
Contents
- Option One: Turn On or Off Drag Two Fingers to Scroll on Touchpad in Settings
- Option Two: Turn On or Off Drag Two Fingers to Scroll on Touchpad using REG file
1 Open Settings (Win+I).
2 Click/tap on Bluetooth & devices on the left side, and click/tap on Touchpad on the right side. (see screenshot below)
3 Click/tap on Scroll & zoom to expand it open. (see screenshot below step 4)
4 Check (on - default) or uncheck (off) Drag two fingers to scroll for what you want. (see screenshot below)
5 You can now close Settings if you like.
1 Do step 2 (on) or step 3 (off) below for what you would like to do.
2 Turn On "Drag two fingers to scroll"
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_Drag_two_fingers_to_scroll_for_precision_touchpad.reg
Download
(Contents of REG file for reference)
Code:
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\PrecisionTouchPad]
"PanEnabled"=dword:ffffffff
3 Turn Off "Drag two fingers to scroll"
A) Click/tap on the Download button below to download the file below, and go to step 4 below.
Turn_OFF_Drag_two_fingers_to_scroll_for_precision_touchpad.reg
Download
(Contents of REG file for reference)
Code:
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\PrecisionTouchPad]
"PanEnabled"=dword:00000000
4 Save the .reg file to your desktop.
5 Double click/tap on the downloaded .reg file to merge it.
6 When prompted, click/tap on Run, Yes (UAC), Yes, and OK to approve the merge.
7 Restart the computer to apply.
8 You can now delete the downloaded .reg file if you like.
That's it,
Shawn Brink
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