Permanently disable Touchscreen in Windows 10 [Solution inside!]

Question

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 ...)

Answer 1

This DWORD is already found in HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Wisp\Touch. Would setting that completely disable touchscreen for all users? I would assume that Current Users registry would only affect that current login and not subsequent logins for different users.

Answer 2

thanks for this tip. I have tried pretty much everything else and this is the only solution that has worked - in the sense that disabling the touchscreen means that the defective screen/drivers no longer come into play, so no more random bubbles or uncontrollable cursor movements!

Answer 3

Additionally, I went up two folders to "MultiTouch" and entered 0 (zero) for the DWORD entry of MultiTouchEnabled

Answer 4

After much frustration with turning drivers off and uninstalling them only to have them reappear, I tried this fix.

Worked great 4 days with no jitter, erratic mouse pointer, and page changing on their own. Also numerous restarts.

Thank you david-cslu whoever you are !!!!

Answer 5

This DWORD is already found in HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Wisp\Touch. Would setting that completely disable touchscreen for all users?

Probably, yes.

I haven't tested, though. But if it works it's the even better solution, I guess.

(The computer that was affected in my case had only one user.)

I'm glad it helped some people.