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Turn off tolerant and Z-shaped scratch-out gestures: registry value ScratchOutState and 1 more (HKLM 1.7)ComputerHKLM\software\policies\microsoft\TabletTip\1.7

Policy ID
ScratchOut_2
Scope
Computer Configuration
Supported on
Windows Vista only
Source
Administrative Templates (.admx) for Windows 11 2026 Update (26H2) (version 1.0)
Category
Windows Components › Tablet PC › Input Panel

Registry

ScratchOutState

REG_DWORDComputer
HKLM\software\policies\microsoft\TabletTip\1.7 Current key
Enabled value
1
Disabled value
0
Apply with .reg · CMD · PowerShell
.reg
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\software\policies\microsoft\TabletTip\1.7]

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

:: Enabled
reg add "HKLM\software\policies\microsoft\TabletTip\1.7" /v "ScratchOutState" /t REG_DWORD /d 1 /f
:: Disabled
reg add "HKLM\software\policies\microsoft\TabletTip\1.7" /v "ScratchOutState" /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f
PowerShell
# Common: create the key
New-Item -Path 'HKLM:\software\policies\microsoft\TabletTip\1.7' -Force | Out-Null

# Options (use only one)
# Enabled
New-ItemProperty -Path 'HKLM:\software\policies\microsoft\TabletTip\1.7' -Name 'ScratchOutState' -PropertyType DWord -Value 1 -Force | Out-Null
# Disabled
New-ItemProperty -Path 'HKLM:\software\policies\microsoft\TabletTip\1.7' -Name 'ScratchOutState' -PropertyType DWord -Value 0 -Force | Out-Null

ScratchOut

REG_DWORDComputer
HKLM\software\policies\microsoft\TabletTip\1.7 Current key
Enabled value
Depends on the option value
Element
Turn off tolerant and Z-shaped scratch-out gestures
Options
ItemStored value
All1
Tolerant2
None3
Apply with .reg · CMD · PowerShell
.reg
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\software\policies\microsoft\TabletTip\1.7]

; Options (use only one)
; All
"ScratchOut"=dword:00000001
; Tolerant
"ScratchOut"=dword:00000002
; None
"ScratchOut"=dword:00000003
CMD
:: Options (use only one)

:: All
reg add "HKLM\software\policies\microsoft\TabletTip\1.7" /v "ScratchOut" /t REG_DWORD /d 1 /f
:: Tolerant
reg add "HKLM\software\policies\microsoft\TabletTip\1.7" /v "ScratchOut" /t REG_DWORD /d 2 /f
:: None
reg add "HKLM\software\policies\microsoft\TabletTip\1.7" /v "ScratchOut" /t REG_DWORD /d 3 /f
PowerShell
# Common: create the key
New-Item -Path 'HKLM:\software\policies\microsoft\TabletTip\1.7' -Force | Out-Null

# Options (use only one)
# All
New-ItemProperty -Path 'HKLM:\software\policies\microsoft\TabletTip\1.7' -Name 'ScratchOut' -PropertyType DWord -Value 1 -Force | Out-Null
# Tolerant
New-ItemProperty -Path 'HKLM:\software\policies\microsoft\TabletTip\1.7' -Name 'ScratchOut' -PropertyType DWord -Value 2 -Force | Out-Null
# None
New-ItemProperty -Path 'HKLM:\software\policies\microsoft\TabletTip\1.7' -Name 'ScratchOut' -PropertyType DWord -Value 3 -Force | Out-Null