How to fix the virtual keyboard automatically opens on Windows 10

The virtual keyboard (On-Screen Keyboard) on the computer will be useful when the hard keyboard is paralyzed, unusable. However, many people reflect after updating their computer to Windows 10 Fall Creator, there are frequent errors that the virtual keyboard automatically appears, without opening any virtual keyboard.

Although this error only appears on Windows 10 Fall Creator, it rarely happens in other versions, but affects the user experience when upgrading to the new version. So how to fix the virtual key error automatically appears on Windows 10 Fall Creator?

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Instructions to fix Windows 10 virtual keyboard error

There will be 3 different remedies for users to choose to use, depending on the current status of the computer.

Method 1: Turn off the virtual keyboard manually

Step 1

At the interface on the computer, click the Control Panel item or enter the keyword in the search bar. Next, we will access the Ease of Access path> Ease of Access Center> Use the computer without a mouse or keyboard .

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Step 2:

Uncheck the Use On-Screen Keyboard box and then click Apply> OK to save the changes. Finally restart your computer.

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When you open the computer, you will not see the virtual keyboard appear. If you want to restart the virtual keyboard, just open it from the Start Menu or from the search bar on Windows

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Method 2: Turn off the Touch Keyboard and Handwriting Panel

Step 1:

At the computer interface, right-click on the Taskbar then select Task Manager , or you can press Ctrl + Alt + Del to open this tool.

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Step 2:

On the Processes tab, we go to the Touch Keyboard and Handwriting Panel , right-click and choose End task or click directly on End Tasks to turn off the running process.

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There is another way to turn off the Touch Keyboard and Handwriting Panel , which is to access Services by entering the Services.msc keyword in the search bar.

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In the Services interface, users double click on the Touch Keyboard and Handwriting Panel Service .

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New dialog box appears and navigate to Startup type e and select Disabled option then click Stop at the bottom to disable Touch Keyboard.

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Method 3: Disable in Registry Editor

Step 1:

Press the Windows + R key combination to open the Run window interface and then enter the regedit keyword and click OK to access the Registry Editor.

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Step 2:

In the Registry Editor interface, continue to access the directory under HKEY_CURRENT_USER> Software> Microsoft> Windows> CurrentVersion> Holographic .

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Looking to the right content, double click on FirstRunSucceed .

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Step 3:

New interface appears, change the value at Value data from 0 to 1 then click OK.

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In case Holographic does not have FirstRunSucceed , right-click on the white interface on the right and select New> Dword (32-bit) Value to create a new file. Whether your computer is 32-bit or 64-bit will select DWORD (32-bit) Value.

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Next rename the new file to create FirstRunSucceed .

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Finally, double click to change the Vule data value from 0 to 1 and click OK to save.

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Here are 3 ways to turn off the virtual keyboard that automatically appears on a Windows 10 computer. If you do not want to interfere too deeply into the system to edit because it may cause some error, you can use method 1. or option 2, because way 3 will have to access the Registry Editor.

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I wish you all success!