Policy

Turn off hardware buttons

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

Turns off Tablet PC hardware buttons. If you enable this policy, no actions will occur when the buttons are pressed, and the buttons tab in Tablet PC Control Panel will be removed. If you disable this policy, user and OEM defined button actions will occur when the buttons are pressed. If you do not configure this policy, user and OEM defined button actions will occur when the buttons are pressed.

Internal name
TurnOffButtons_1
Policy ID
8875fa1d94f7
Elements
0

Registry values

How enabled and disabled states update the registry.

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

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