TabTip32.exe - Wont (auto)start on normal account, only as admin?

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  1. itsmemario1

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    #1 itsmemario1, Jun 17, 2025
    Last edited: Jun 17, 2025
    When I drag a shortcut from:

    C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\ink\tabtip32.exe

    to

    C:\Users\admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup

    The nice on screen keyboard shows up in the tasbkar and can be used.
    Same happens when I doubleclick TabTip32.exe.


    If I create another, normal user, a shortcut dragged to autostart wont shows the keyboard in the taskbar.
    I cant even run TabTip32.exe as normal user? CMD will pop up for a second, but thats it.

    How can I run TabTip32.exe as a normal user, or iadd it to the taskbar, to use the nice on screen keyboard?

    p.s.
    I know I just posted the OSK2.5 tool, but Id like to find a way without it.

    p.s. p.s.
    Sometimes it starts just once after a reboot (normal user). If I close the keyboard, its not in the taskbar though.


    p.s. p.s. p.s.
    AFAIK I dont have access as normal user to that folder where the TabTip32.exe is located... (?)