Let’s see how to configure Windows 10 to indicate which of our screens is touch, especially when working with multiple touch screens.
On my computer, I frequently have one or more touch screens. My normal work computer has a touch screen, my home computer has another, and I often need to connect an additional one.
Normally everything works fine. But sometimes Windows gets “confused” and mixes up one touch screen with another. When this happens, you touch one screen, but the icon moves on another screen. We need to tell Windows which touch input corresponds to which video output. For this, Windows 10 or later has an assistant that helps us configure this.
To access the assistant:
- Click the Start menu and start typing [Control Panel].
- When it’s visible, click on [Control Panel].
- Inside the Control Panel, select [Hardware and Sound].
- Inside Hardware and Sound, select [Tablet PC Settings].
- Click on [Configure].
But since I never remember this path, I’ll leave you the command line shortcut I use. Simply open a console and type this command:
multidigimon -touch
A very simple assistant appears (which I find somewhat amusing) that simply turns all screens white.
- In a cycle, it will display “Touch this screen to identify it as a touch screen” on the screens.
- If it’s a touch screen, you touch the screen. If not, we press “Enter”.
The assistant finishes when all connected screens have been identified. Now you can test if the touch function works on both screens.
That’s how simple it is to configure multiple touch screens on your Windows 10 computer. Until next time!
