Policy

Prevent press and hold

Microsoft Windows

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Prevent press and hold
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Policy overview

Key metadata and intent for this policy.

Computer
Category
Windows Components > Tablet PC > Hardware Buttons
Supported on
At least Windows Vista

Supported OS tags: Windows10, Windows10RT, Windows11, Windows7, Windows8, Windows81, WindowsRT, WindowsRT81, WindowsServer2008, WindowsServer2012, WindowsServer2012R2, WindowsServer2016, WindowsVista

Prevents press and hold actions on hardware buttons, so that only one action is available per button. If you enable this policy, press and hold actions are unavailable, and the button configuration dialog will display the following text: "Some settings are controlled by Group Policy. If a setting is unavailable, contact your system administrator." If you disable this policy, press and hold actions for buttons will be available. If you do not configure this policy, press and hold actions will be available.

Internal name
PreventPressAndHold_2
Policy ID
e464c32af035
Elements
0

Registry values

How enabled and disabled states update the registry.

ScopeRegistry locationTypeEnabled valueDisabled valueCopy
Computer
Path
SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\TabletPC
Value name
PreventButtonPressAndHold
REG_DWORD
HKLM
1
HKLM
0
Registry location
Type REG_DWORD · Computer
Path
SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\TabletPC
Value name
PreventButtonPressAndHold
Hive
HKLM
Enabled value
1
Disabled value
0

Policy elements

Inputs and configuration options exposed by this policy.

This policy has no additional user input fields.