This article explains how to send a command to disable the Elo touchscreen to clean it and then re-enable it

Some customers wish to temporarily disable the Elo touchscreen programmatically to do things such as clean the glass or to make touch unavailable for various reasons. This article provides steps for disabling and re-enabling the Elo touchscreen by using Windows PowerShell (Admin). Note: This method works for Windows systems with built in Windows PowerShell.

Disable Elo Touchscreen Through Windows PowerShell (Admin)

1. Right-click on the Start button (or press Windows key + X simultaneously) and select ‘Windows PowerShell (Admin)’ on the popup menu.



2. In the PowerShell window, enter the following command: Get-PnpDevice | Where-Object {$_.FriendlyName -like ‘*touch screen*’} | Disable-PnpDevice -Confirm:$false Then press Enter on the keyboard.



3. To re-enable the touchscreen function, enter the following command in PowerShell: Get-PnpDevice | Where-Object {$_.FriendlyName -like '*touch screen*'} | Enable-PnpDevice -Confirm:$false




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Temporarily Disable Touchscreen to Clean (requires Elo driver to be installed)
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