Permanently disable Touchscreen in Windows 10 [Solution inside!]

Anonymous
2018-03-07T07:45:34+00:00

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 ...)

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  1. Anonymous
    2020-02-19T15:16:48+00:00

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

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  2. Anonymous
    2019-08-05T15:43:14+00:00

    I edited the registry on the local machine like this and it worked very well. Only issue i noticed is that it seemed to affect the multigesture of my touchpad when 2 finger scrolling. So i changed my touchpad from 2finger scrolling to 1

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  3. Anonymous
    2019-06-16T23:48:55+00:00

    Makes sense to apply globally of you have multiple user accounts.

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  4. Anonymous
    2019-02-10T21:35:41+00:00

    HI all

    I tried the regedit solution a few months back and it worked perfectly. 

    The only problem is I cant enable the touch now! been trying to change the value back to 1 but doesn't do anything...

    any ideas?

    thank you

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  5. Anonymous
    2019-01-10T14:36:59+00:00

    Sorry, lost you at "DWORD"....

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