How to Turn On or Off Allow Pen to Act as a Mouse in Windows 10


If your Windows 10 device has a pen or another type of stylus, you can customize what your pen does and how it works with your PC.

Starting with Windows 10 build 17661, there is a new option in Pen & Windows Ink Settings that allows your pen to behave like a mouse instead of scrolling or panning the screen.

This tutorial will show you how to turn on or off allowing your pen to act as a mouse in legacy apps instead of scrolling or panning the screen for your account in Windows 10.


Contents

  • Option One: Turn On or Off Allow Pen to Act as a Mouse in Settings
  • Option Two: Turn On or Off Allow Pen to Act as a Mouse using a REG file






OPTION ONE

Turn On or Off Allow Pen to Act as a Mouse in Settings


1 Open Settings, and click/tap on the Devices icon.

2 Click/tap on Pen & Windows Ink on the left side, and check (on) or uncheck (off - default) Allow my pen to act as mouse in legacy applications for what you want on the right side. (see screenshot below)

3 You can now close Settings if you like. (see screenshot below)

Turn On or Off Allow Pen to Act as a Mouse in Windows 10-allow_pen_to_act_as_mouse_in_legacy_applications.jpg






OPTION TWO

Turn On or Off Allow Pen to Act as a Mouse using a REG file


The downloadable .reg files below will modify the DWORD value in the registry key below.

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Windows\Pen

PenInteractionModel DWORD

0 = Off
1 = On


1 Do step 2 (on) or step 3 (off) below for what you would like to do.


2 2. To Turn On Allow Pen to Act as a Mouse

A) Click/tap on the Download button below to download the file below, and go to step 4 below.

Turn_ON_Allow_pen_to_act_as_mouse_in_legacy_applications.reg

Download


3 To Turn Off Allow Pen to Act as a Mouse

This is the default setting.

A) Click/tap on the Download button below to download the file below, and go to step 4 below.

Turn_OFF_Allow_pen_to_act_as_mouse_in_legacy_applications.reg

Download

4 Save the .reg file to your desktop.

5 Double click/tap on the downloaded .reg file to merge it.

6 When prompted, click/tap on Run, Yes (UAC), Yes, and OK to approve the merge.

7 Sign out and sign in to apply.

8 You can now delete the downloaded .reg file if you like.


That's it,
Shawn


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