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Wednesday, June 23, 2021

Change the Accessibility tool that launches when you use Win+Vol keyboard shortcut

 You can Launch a Magnifier or On-Screen Keyboard instead of a Narrator accessibility tool when you press the Win+Vol Up keyboard shortcut on Windows 10. You need to edit the Registry as follows:

  1. Press Win+R to open the Run prompt.
  2. Type regedit > hit Enter button > select the Yes option.
  3. Go to SlateLaunch in HKEY_CURRENT_USER.
  4. Double-click on the ATapp String Value.
  5. Enter osk or magnifierpane or keep it blank.
  6. Click the OK button.

To learn more about these steps, keep reading.

At first, you have to open Registry Editor. For that, press Win+R, type regedit and hit the Enter button. Once the UAC prompt appears, click on the Yes option.

Next, navigate to the following path:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Accessibility\SlateLaunch

If you cannot find the SlateLaunch key, you have to create it manually in the Accessibility key.

For that, right-click on Accessibility > New > Key and name it as SlateLaunch.

Then, right-click on the SlateLaunch > New > DWORD (32-bit) Value, and name it as LaunchAT.

Double-click on this REG_DOWRD value and set the Value data as 1.

How to change Accessibility Tool to Launch using Registry editor

Next, right-click on the SlateLaunch > New > String Value, and name it as ATapp.

Note: If you can already see the SlateLaunch key and ATapp and LaunchAT values, you don’t have to create them manually.

Double-click on the ATapp Sting Value, and set the Value data as follows:

  • osk: On-screen keyboard
  • magnifierpane: Magnifier
  • narrator: Narrator
  • Blank

Click the OK button to save the change.

How to change Accessibility Tool to Launch using Registry editor

Then, restart your device to get the new option.

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