Permanently disable Touchscreen in Windows 10 [Solution inside!]

THANK YOU......    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 ...)

thank you

Thank you! I nearly cried when this worked! My screen has a little chip at the bottom right that is really hard to see but it causes the touch screen to freak out. With that it causes even disabling the device hard, which I have to do everytime i turn on my computer.

I have been able to disable touch screen with my account as an administrator, (solo account). Now, when I add the another local administrator account for testing to install quicken app, ( some how, bugerror does not disappear with my account) i can not manage the screen. I am not able to test to installing. Please help me why the second account reflect disabling the touch screen? And how can i disable all accounts in my pc.

Thank you.

hey david, i was sure hoping your suggestion would solve this problem i'm having with touch screen automatically re-installing itself, but, sad to say, it didn't work for me .. .. .. thanks anyway :)

I did all of this, my touch screen is off, but my pen isnt working