How can I disable Tablet Mode programmatically?

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I have a Surface Pro that I use for sketching with my stylus. I want to be able to quickly enable/disable tablet mode without going into Device Manager.

I've been searching for ways to do this: by disabling drivers, disabling by HID but everything I've found seems overly complicated for what I need. I'm creating just a form with a CheckBox. What's the simplest way to achieve this?

Tablet mode isn't controlled by the device manager, it's a feature of the operating system. You should be looking at the SDK of the OS you are interested in (although I suspect it's at least Windows 8). The question is more likely to get an answer if it's tagged with the appropriate OS tag too. What operating system are you using? — Panagiotis Kanavos, Sep 09 '15 at 14:16

Sean · Accepted Answer · 2015-09-10T08:06:08.707

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You could try something like setting the Registry Key to 0

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\ImmersiveShell]
"TabletMode"=dword:00000000

If TabletMode = 1 then it'll be enabled.

    RegistryKey myKey = Registry.CurrentUser.OpenSubKey("SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\ImmersiveShell", true);
   if(myKey != null)
   {
   myKey.SetValue("TabletMode", "0", RegistryValueKind.dWord);
   myKey.Close();
   }

edited Sep 10 '15 at 08:06

answered Sep 09 '15 at 14:17

Sean

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Sean: myKey is returning Null. – RapsFan1981 Sep 09 '15 at 16:34
Changed it to Registry.CurrentUser... and got rid of "HKEY..." – RapsFan1981 Sep 09 '15 at 16:53
I missed that one on the first time through, my apologies. I haven't touched Registry Keys for about 3 years now; this was just from memory. – Sean Sep 10 '15 at 08:05
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I set the TabletMode to 1 but Tablet Mode didn't turn on. The registry value did change however. – Daniels Šatcs Nov 01 '16 at 17:10
I did the same thing. It didn't change to tablet mode. – Lance Jul 17 '17 at 21:14

How can I disable Tablet Mode programmatically?

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