Prevent press and hold: registry value PreventButtonPressAndHold (HKCU TabletPC)UserHKCU\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\TabletPC

Policy ID: PreventPressAndHold_1
Scope: User Configuration
Supported on: At least Windows Vista
Source: Administrative Templates (.admx) for Windows 11 2026 Update (26H2) (version 1.0)
Category: Windows Components › Tablet PC › Hardware Buttons

Registry

PreventButtonPressAndHold

REG_DWORDUser

HKCU\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\TabletPC Current key

Enabled value: 1
Disabled value: 0

Apply with .reg · CMD · PowerShell

.reg

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\TabletPC]

; Options (use only one)
; Enabled
"PreventButtonPressAndHold"=dword:00000001
; Disabled
"PreventButtonPressAndHold"=dword:00000000

CMD

:: Options (use only one)

:: Enabled
reg add "HKCU\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\TabletPC" /v "PreventButtonPressAndHold" /t REG_DWORD /d 1 /f
:: Disabled
reg add "HKCU\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\TabletPC" /v "PreventButtonPressAndHold" /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f

PowerShell

# Common: create the key
New-Item -Path 'HKCU:\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\TabletPC' -Force | Out-Null

# Options (use only one)
# Enabled
New-ItemProperty -Path 'HKCU:\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\TabletPC' -Name 'PreventButtonPressAndHold' -PropertyType DWord -Value 1 -Force | Out-Null
# Disabled
New-ItemProperty -Path 'HKCU:\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\TabletPC' -Name 'PreventButtonPressAndHold' -PropertyType DWord -Value 0 -Force | Out-Null