Policy

Prevent press and hold

Windows 11 25H2

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Policy overview

Key metadata and intent for this policy.

ClassUser
CategoryWindows Components > Tablet PC > Hardware Buttons
Supported onAt 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_1
Policy ID
3cd4d3fea026
Elements
0

Registry values

How enabled and disabled states update the registry.

Registry locationTypeEnabled valueDisabled value
HKCU\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\TabletPC\PreventButtonPressAndHoldREG_DWORD
1
0

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