(3) Enable Windows lock/unlock event logging. You don't need to do this if you are using the non-task-scheduler script. Steps 3 and 4 below are for the Task Scheduler version of the script. You're now back to a non-infuriating touch keyboard experience! (2) IMPORTANT! Right-click the script file and RUN AS ADMINISTRATOR. (1) If you haven't got it already, get Autohotkey and install it. You must run these scripts as an administrator for them to work. Unfortunately this one doesn't stop the service again when the computer is unlocked (but will stop the service after the aforementioned ~60sec of inactivity) It's a less reliable approach and is more wasteful of computer cycles, but it works. This version of the script checks for a locked computer once per second to re-enable the service. Windows10 touchkey fix without task scheduler.ahk This is the ideal script, but it's a bit harder to install because you have to enable Windows logs of logon/logoff events and import the tasks into Task Scheduler.

Windows10 touchkey fix with task scheduler.ahk This way the handwriting panel no longer pops up in Notepad/Excel/etc.īoth scripts re-enable the service on the lock screen so you can still unlock the computer with the touch keyboard, but they do so in different ways. After one minute with no keyboard activity, the service is stopped again. Clicking the tray icon toggles the service on or off.

They include a tray icon that shows the state of the touch keyboard/handwriting service. I tried a few different approaches, but this one was the most successful.

They work by starting and stopping the Windows service for the touch keyboard and handwriting panel. Only one of the two scripts needs to be run, and the tasks may or may not need to be imported depending on which of the two scripts you choose to run.īoth scripts bring up the regular touch qwerty keyboard instead of the handwriting panel when you click or tap the touch keyboard button in the Windows tray. In the link below, you'll find two scripts, two icon files, and two Task Scheduler tasks. I had been waiting for Microsoft to fix this, or perhaps a talented coder to release something, but it doesn't look like either of those are happening so I fixed it myself with Autohotkey. Also, when using apps like Notepad or Excel, using the pen brings up the handwriting panel every time you click, regardless of your physical keyboard attachment or your touch keyboard settings. Microsoft assumes that you must want to hand-write everything if you're holding the pen, and you have to make a bunch of taps to get back to the qwerty touch keyboard. I don't know about you guys, but the new touch keyboard behaviour has been bugging the hell out of me since updating my SP3 to Windows 10.

Drawboard handwriting recognition