How to disable touch in windows 10

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How to disable touch in windows 10

xing 0

Hi,

I have requirement to disable the touch for sometime(for 3 to 5 sec) and then it should be enabled back.

This should be done programmatically in C++. Any lead would help us.

Minxin Yu 13,501 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff

2023-03-16T01:38:11.56+00:00

Do you want to disable the touchpad of laptop or the touch screen?
xing 0 Reputation points

2023-03-16T07:10:29.6033333+00:00

Need to disable touchscreen for sometime like 5 to 6 sec and then it should re-enable automatically within 10 secs
Minxin Yu 13,501 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff

2023-03-20T08:58:52.0066667+00:00

Is there any update? Was your problem solved?

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Minxin Yu 13,501 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff

2023-03-16T01:38:11.56+00:00

Do you want to disable the touchpad of laptop or the touch screen?
xing 0 Reputation points

2023-03-16T07:10:29.6033333+00:00

Need to disable touchscreen for sometime like 5 to 6 sec and then it should re-enable automatically within 10 secs
Minxin Yu 13,501 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff

2023-03-20T08:58:52.0066667+00:00

Is there any update? Was your problem solved?

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Minxin Yu 13,501 Microsoft External Staff

Hi, xing

You could use PnPUtil.exe and Timer to control the timespan

The command to disable and enable device(Program may require administrator privileges):
system("pnputil /disable-device your device instance ID");

system("pnputil /enable-device your device instance ID");

Instance id could be found from device manager:
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Minxin Yu

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xing 0 Reputation points

2023-03-16T14:20:07.7433333+00:00

Thanks for the reply.

I could able to disable and enable the touch using powerschell script like below but it is taking more than 30 secs

$value = Get-pnpDevice | Where-Object {$_.FriendlyName -like 'touch screen'} | Where-Object Status -contains OK

Disable-PnpDevice -Confirm:$false

Is there anyway this command can be reduced to some 10 sec or below?
Minxin Yu 13,501 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff

2023-03-17T04:06:59.9266667+00:00

The example script doesn't work for me.
I tested cmd. And it taked less than 1 secs. The problem may be related to your device. Try testing the running time in other devices.
$value = Get-pnpDevice | Where-Object {$_.FriendlyName -like 'HID-compliant touch screen'} | Where-Object Status -contains OK

Disable-PnpDevice $value.InstanceId -Confirm:$false

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