Touchscreen Windows 10 laptop offset vs normal monitor

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Touchscreen Windows 10 laptop offset vs normal monitor

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Hi Oleg,
I hope you have more indepth knowledge on this topic, so I don't have to alter loads of actions.

I got this nuc-pc with a normal monitor attached to it, win10 1920x1080.
All scripts working fine, where I use screen pixels to determine whether something is loaded, or where to click on autopilot using Robotask.

I made a clone/image of this setup and put on a laptop, same resolution.
However... it's a touchscreen.
I think that's the culprit why there is a certain offset.

For example, Chrome shows a less dense dropdown, on a touchscreen monitor.
Which causes ofcourse certain stuff to offset.

Since I don't use the touchscreen function at all, is there a way to prevent Windows to act like the monitor is a touchscreen?
Like disabling some driver or registry change?
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Re: Touchscreen Windows 10 laptop offset vs normal monitor

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... is there a way to prevent Windows to act like the monitor is a touchscreen?
Maybe something like this:
To disable
Open the Device Manager and select Human Interface Devices > HID-compliant touch screen > Action > Disable device.
To enable
Open the Device Manager and select Human Interface Devices > HID-compliant touch screen > Action > Enable device.
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Re: Touchscreen Windows 10 laptop offset vs normal monitor

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I think I've did that already.
I'll check tonight and let you know!

Meanwhile, you agree with me, that only such touchscreen is causing the offset right?
(Keeping in mind, that it is an image so all things like Windows zoom, layout in Word or Chrome etc. are identical.)
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Meanwhile, you agree with me, that only such touchscreen is causing the offset right?
Maybe...
But there are many other reasons: different themes, different scale, different version of system and so on.
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Re: Touchscreen Windows 10 laptop offset vs normal monitor

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Despite I managed to not only disable the touchscreen within Windows, but also to disable it in BIOS, the offset is still there.
We've picked up a different laptop with full hd resolution (but no touchscreen), put the clone on there... and all good!
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