This is the solution that eventually worked for me, and since I don’t use any touch-related features, it didn’t break anything I wanted to keep. Locate the Startup Type dropdown, and change it to “Disabled”. Scroll down to “Touch Keyboard and Handwriting Panel Service”.

To disable Windows’ touch keyboard service, open the Start menu and type “services”. We recommend not following these instructions on modern Windows 10 PCs. Warning: Microsoft has informed us that, on the latest versions of Windows 10, disabling this service will stop you from typing the Start menu as well as the Settings app and all UWP apps. But don’t worry: these steps are completely reversible, so if they break something, you can always switch it back. That means if your laptop does have a touch screen, or if some app requires these features to work properly, you might break something. If the above options don’t work, you may have to go a little more nuclear and disable touch services altogether. Click OK to save your changes and exit this screen. If it’s already unchecked, check it, click Apply, then uncheck it–just for good measure. Uncheck the “Use On-Screen Keyboard” checkbox. Press Enter when the Ease of Access Center option appears.įrom there, click “Use the computer without a mouse or keyboard.” To get there, open the Start menu and type “ease of access”. If you’re lucky, the touch keyboard got turned on through Windows’ official Ease of Access Center, and you can solve the problem by merely turning it off.

If you’re lucky, the issue only exists when the culprit is active, so you can at least prevent that during normal use of your computer.ĭisable the Touch Keyboard in Ease of Access

Try disabling certain startup tasks here to see if it solves the problem. Uninstall it, and restart your computer to see if the problem goes away.Īlternatively, you can open Task Manager by pressing Ctrl+Shift+Esc on your keyboard, and go to the Startup tab. But think about the apps you’ve recently installed, and if one of them might have caused your computer to think it has a touch screen, or need ease of access features. I strongly suspect the culprit on my system was Air Display, but since it doesn’t properly uninstall on Windows 10, I couldn’t really confirm or fix the problem this way. If this started happening randomly, it’s likely because of a new app or driver you installed. If You Can, Find and Uninstall the Culprit (or Stop It From Auto-Starting)

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