Now we all know that it is simply impossible to permanently disable the touch keyboard toolbar on touchscreen systems running Windows 8 and above. I am running 8.1 update 1 Pro x64 on a Lenovo touchscreen laptop. I was wondering whether we can make an automated script or macro to remove this touch keyboard toolbar on every startup? I don't want registry tweaks which disable all toolbars as I still use quick launch toolbar. I have already tried disabling touch services but the icon still remains after a restart.
right click the taskbar, go to Toolbars, uncheck Touch Keyboard............. done? i dont have a touch screen though so i don't know if that would permanently disable it
Nope, it re-enables itself after a reboot. VMWare and recent VirtualBox versions simulate touch devices, there you can witness it first-hand.
Is there something special you have to do in virtualbox to turn on this simulation? I've got 8.1 pro in a virtualbox vm already and have never seen this keyboard toolbar enabled
Cool thanks. Upon first startup with the new setting the keyboard toolbar was enabled. I disabled it and rebooted and it stayed off. *shrugs*
To disable the Virtual Keyboard in VMware: Close the Virtual Machine tab in the VMware host application. (This deletes the .lck folder and allows editing of the .vmx file.) Open the virtual machine .vmx file as a text file. Find the setting: touchscreen.vusb.present = "TRUE" Change it to: touchscreen.vusb.present = "FALSE" This turns off the touch screen emulation. The virtual keyboard won't appear anymore. Be aware that other touch screen options are also disabled in control panel and throughout windows.