Policy

Prevent press and hold

Prevents press and hold actions on hardware buttons, so that only one action is available per button. If you enable this policy, press and hold actions are unavailable, and the button configuration dialog will display the following text: "Some settings are controlled by Group Policy. If a setting is unavailable, contact your system administrator." If you disable this policy, press and hold actions for buttons will be available. If you do not configure this policy, press and hold actions will be available.

Policy
Pack Microsoft Windows
Category Windows Components / Tablet PC / Hardware Buttons
Policy ID e464c32af035
Internal name PreventPressAndHold_2

Registry

Copy registry mappings

HKLM\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\TabletPC\PreventButtonPressAndHold (enabled) = 1
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\TabletPC\PreventButtonPressAndHold (disabled) = 0

Policy notes

Prevents press and hold actions on hardware buttons, so that only one action is available per button. If you enable this policy, press and hold actions are unavailable, and the button configuration dialog will display the following text: "Some settings are controlled by Group Policy. If a setting is unavailable, contact your system administrator." If you disable this policy, press and hold actions for buttons will be available. If you do not configure this policy, press and hold actions will be available.

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