HP Touchscreen Toggle Script

This PowerShell script provides a simple and efficient way to enable or disable the touchscreen functionality on HP laptops with HID-compliant touch screens. It utilizes PowerShell cmdlets to interact with the Device Manager, enabling or disabling the touchscreen device based on the provided action (enable or disable).

Features

• Enable or disable the touchscreen with a simple command.
• Automatically checks the current state of the touchscreen and only takes action if needed.
• Provides feedback if the device is already in the desired state (enabled or disabled).
• A fast and easy solution to toggle touchscreen functionality without navigating through Device Manager or using more complex methods.

Requirements

• PowerShell 5.1 or higher is required to run the script.

• Administrator privileges may be required to modify the device status (enable/disable).

• To ensure the script can run properly, you might need to change the execution policy by running the following command:

  Set-ExecutionPolicy RemoteSigned -Scope CurrentUser

  This command sets the execution policy for PowerShell scripts in the current user's environment, allowing local scripts to run, while requiring downloaded scripts to be signed by a trusted publisher. This change only affects the current user and will not modify system-wide settings.

  If you want to prevent the execution of any scripts, you can reset it back to the default policy with:

  Set-ExecutionPolicy Restricted -Scope CurrentUser

  Note: Using Set-ExecutionPolicy Restricted will prevent running any PowerShell scripts, including this one.

Usage

To use the script, open PowerShell and run the following commands:

Enable the touchscreen

./hp-touchscreen.ps1 enable

Output: Touchscreen enabled.

Disable the touchscreen

./hp-touchscreen.ps1 disable

Output: Touchscreen disabled.

Handle unknown commands

If an invalid action is provided (neither enable nor disable), the script will output the following message:

./hp-touchscreen.ps1 unknownCommand

Output: Invalid action. Use 'enable' or 'disable'.