Are you running a table or touch screen computer?

Was the on-screen keyboard set to open on startup or in the startup folder of Windows?

 

Hi, sometimes this can be a little tricky, the usual is to:-

Select “Start” > “Settings“.
Choose “Ease of Access“.
Select “Keyboard“.
Set “On-Screen Keyboard” to “On” or “Off” as desired

 

Thanks Masterchiefxx17
No - it is not a touch-screen computer. It's a desktop with a standard monitor.

I can't find where the settings are.

Thanks jenae
All the settings are set to "off" for keyboard in ease of access

Tommy

 

Hi, as I said this can sometimes be a little tricky, open a cmd as admin ( you should know how, by now) and copy paste the following cmd:-

reg query "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Authentication\LogonUI" /v showtabletkeyboard > 0 & notepad 0

Press enter, if the setting is 1 the keyboard is active, if 0 it is not (default). Let us know, or you can post the notepad output here.

There is an additional reason it might be active, I copied this from another site:-
Try these steps:

Right click the window start button at the bottom left of your screen to bring up a menu. (or press win + r keys to open the "run" box)
Click “Run” and type in “osk.exe” press “Enter” key.
Previously I had closed out the On-screen Keyboard so when I pressed the “Enter” key and the OSK will pop up.
At the bottom of the keyboard to your right you will see a key “Options”, click that key.
You will get a popup “Options” box and at the bottom you will see a blue link “Control whether the On-Screen Keyboard starts when I sign in” PRESS THAT LINK and another box will popup.
If “Use On-Screen Keyboard” is checked…. Uncheck it!
Select “Apply” then “OK” (this will close out the box).
Select “OK” on the “Options” box to close it out. “Ease of Access Center” box may be visible, no problem, just close it out.
Close out the Keyboard allowing you to FINALLY get rid of that aggravating OSK!

 

My sincerest apologies guys, buy I think I've led you astray.

It is the "Touch" keyboard that is the issue (I have an icon in my System Tray).

I've gone in to the settings when it is open, but there are only spelling and typing settings.

Tommy

 

Right click the taskbar and choose taskbar settings" then scroll down on the right side of the box that opens and click "select which icons appear on the taskbar" and unceck the virtual keyboard.

 

Thanks Rich-M

That option is not shown in the list ("select items to appear in the taskbar")

I'm ok that it appears in the system tray (if I want to remove it, I simply right-click on the system tray and deselect it)

My problem is that the Touch Keyboard loads when I log on and I want to stop that.

Or am I misunderstanding?

Tommy

 

On the list Rich mentioned, scroll to the Notification Area. See the 2 choices there.

 

Yes you have to scroll down to "Notification Area" as Rick suggested.

 

I went to Taskbar Settings

In the Notifications Section, I selected Turn System Icons On/Off

I turned Touch Keyboard OFF

It still loads at startup

Tommy

 

How about "Select ", the other choice there?

 

That is odd. Type "msconfig" into search and go in and see if it is listed in Startup and if so remove check then "apply" "ok".

 

Thanks Rich-M,

The Startup section of msconfig now directs the user to Task Manager. In the Startup section of Task Manager, there is no mention of Touch Keyboard.

Tommy

 

Well then I would use Autoruns (remember to right click program and choose "run as administrator") to make changes....
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/downloads/autoruns

 

Thanks Rich-M

I've run Autoruns and put a filter on it for "Keyboard".

Attached is the result (some of the timestamps are very strange).

Tommy

 

Delete the yellows, they are superflous.

 

Press Win key+S to start Search and type appwiz.cpl and press enter. In the Program and Features, Uninstall Microsoft Mouse and Keyboard center.

 

Thanks spunk.funk

That program is not in the list (although I do know that it was previously installed)

Tommy

 

If it is not in the uninstall list, look for it under C:\Program Files or C:\Program Files (x86) if it is there, you can use Revo Uninstaller Hunter Mode to cleanly remove it.

 

We are talking Windows 10and if your builds are up to date here why not go to "PC Settings" and then "Apps" it may be listed there and you can uninstall it there.

 

Thanks Rich-M

I'm completely up-to-date.

It's not listed in Apps.

Is it possible this is driven by my security software (Kaspersky)?

Tommy

 

I cannot see how that could be....but actually nothing here makes sense because how can you have a virtual keyboard on a no touch screen system anyway?

 

Not sure if you tried the last one here https://www.technipages.com/enable-disable-on-screen-keyboard I think it's num 3.

 

Hi Rich-M

I assume it is a standard part of Windows 10 (but I'm not sure).

If I right click on the Taskbar, I get an option "Show touch keyboard button".

I have it selected and it appears in my System Tray. Selecting or deselecting this has nothing to do with my issue, as this was the same before the most recent autumn update and it never started automatically at startup.

See attached.

Tommy

 

Yes that is standard to have that option but none of my units default to having it checked.