Thursday, February 10, 2022

Touch Input goes to Wrong Screen in Windows 10

 I have 2 screens, one is touch and one is not.   Every few months, Windows gets confused and puts the touch input on the non-touchscreen.  I usually spend an hour trying to figure out how to get this back to normal because all of the "fixes" I find with Google are wrong (or no longer apply because of Windows Updates, etc.).   Here is how I can get it to work:

- Use the Search on the Taskbar and type "calibrate"  and you should see "Calibrate the screen for pen or touch input".



- Everything else I found to solve this problem said to type "Tablet" and look for "Tablet PC Settings."  I can't get to this using "Tablet".   I do get "Tablet Settings" but this isn't the same thing and doesn't let you change the input.

- Once you get to the "Calibrate the screen for pen or touch input", it will be the "Tablet PC Settings" dialog and there is a "Setup" button in the Configure area:



- When you press the Setup button, your screens turn white and one will have a message saying "Tap this screen with a single finger to identify it as the touchscreen".  If the message is not on the correct screen (the one with touch input), then press Enter to move through the screens.



- Once you get the message on the right screen and tap with one finger, it will be fixed (until the next time it gets confused).