Permanently disable Touchscreen in Windows 10 [Solution inside!]

Mike, 

The touchgate.reg  is just a file that updates the registry from command prompt. Since you can login using any account suggest just opening the registry and update as needed.  The 0 is to disable and 1 is to Enable in the registry.  If you plan to update using the touchgate.reg , than can use

"TouchGate"=dword:00000000  to disable and "TouchGate"=dword:00000001 to enable.

Glad you got the system working.

Hi, 

Suggest using Robert's suggestion given earlier to disable under this registry.  I think when you go under recovery mode it might not be applying for the user you are logging after reboot. 

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Wisp\Touch

Thanks to MarkUK in this old thread - how to enter your Windows login password with a broken/defective screen - 

1. On the login screen, enter Windows Narrator mode to keep the focus on the login box (with a light blue outline) - this will allow you to type, despite the screen clicking crazily elsewhere.

>> NARRATOR: press Windows logo key+Ctrl+Enter (earlier versions of Windows, press Windows logo key+Enter) to toggle Narrator mode on/off.

2. After logging in, press Windows Key + X, then M, quickly => Device Manager.

3. Find "HID-compliant touch screen" to disable under Human Interface Devices section.

Then you can use your screen to apply the permanent fix in this thread. BIG thanks to david-cslu and others in this thread - my problem is now fixed. :-)

Mike, 

The touchgate.reg  is just a file that updates the registry from command prompt. Since you can login using any account suggest just opening the registry and update as needed.  The 0 is to disable and 1 is to Enable in the registry.  If you plan to update using the touchgate.reg , than can use

"TouchGate"=dword:00000000  to disable and "TouchGate"=dword:00000001 to enable.

Glad you got the system working. 

Thanks Shay!

I appreciate your patience.

Perfect answer.  Clear and easy to understand.

Please consider going to work consulting for MS, they need you.

Best regards,

Mike

In this forum there are a dozen threads that ask the same question: How can I permanently disable a defective touchscreen in a Windows 10 device so that I can continue using the device without being disturbed by the faulty signals from the touchscreen.

Unfortunately in none of those threads (at least not those I've found) the question is answered properly. Instead the helpers fantasize about the device manager (which doesn't work since Windows just reenables the disabled device at the latest when rebooting) and claim that there is no other solution in Windows.

Luckily there actually IS a solution which I'll explain now:

1. Open regedit
2. Navigate to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Wisp\Touch
3. Create a new DWORD (32 bit) with the name TouchGate
4. Doubleclik on the newly ceated DWORD and make sure it has the value 0

(0 = touch disabled, 1 = touch enabled)

After rebooting the touch functionality should be disabled permanently and therefore your problem solved.

(I could not give this solution to the already existing threads because unfortunately they have been closed with no correct answer... hope someone in the future finds this ...)

I have to sign in just to say THANK YOU. I've tried every possible suggestions I found but nothing works but this one.