Win10 + Adobe CC + Monoprice Tablet Pressure (FIX)

UPDATE 8/3/2019: New 2019 solution has been found! See the new "Step 1.1" below~
UPDATE 5/21/2018: Updated the settings for UHD/4K/high resolution monitors! See Step 5.

So recently I got Adobe CC, and when I tried to do some art in Photoshop, all of a sudden the tablet sensitivity wouldn't work! After searching for hours for fixes that didn't work for me, I finally found two articles that shared the same tip and worked, so I figured I'd pass along the information here! The reason that your tablet pressure may not work in Windows 10 is because Adobe has included a script that allows the Windows Ink program to dictate pressure (for computers that double as tablets with pens). Unfortunately for Monoprice and their un-updated drivers (literally there haven't been any new releases since 2013), we've gotta go around that a bit. But I promise it's (relatively) easy! And if you have any questions, just ask below or check out the other webpages I link to along the way.

Notes (read these first!):

• This has been proven to work for Adobe CC 2014, 2015, 2017, and 2018 running on Windows 8.1 and 10. There are two possible solutions for Adobe CC 2019 (see steps 1b and 1c). Has not been tested for other versions.
  
• If you are updating from one CC year to another, you just need to repeat Steps 2-4 to move the PSUserConfig.txt file to the new year's system files!
• If the method below does not work for you, there's an alternate method (primarily for SAI users) here that you can try: 
          Windows 10 SAI + Pen Pressure (Monoprice Tablet)
• If you have a Wacom tablet, there is apparently a box you need to check in your tablet settings (found in the control panel) that enables Windows Ink, and if you have the most updated Wacom drivers, Windows Ink will not affect your pen pressure!

Original solutions that mine are adapted from:
forums.adobe.com/thread/200805…
framedbythomas.com/get-wacom-p…

Step 1: Make sure that Photoshop is not up and running, then make sure that your tablet's drivers are installed and updated. The most updated driver for Monoprice graphics tablets is a legacy driver for Windows 8. If you do not have the most updated driver, make sure you get it. See the following steps to update the drivers, or skip to Step 2 if you have the updated version.

Disclaimer: You will need to restart your computer two times to install new drivers, so make sure any unsaved work is saved!
Step 1a: First, unplug your tablet. Then you need to remove any old versions of your tablet driver. Go to your Control Panel (go to Settings and type "Control Panel" in the search box, then click the result). Click the "Device Manager" link.
-From the list, locate the "Tablet pointing devices" drop-down, and click the arrow to show the options. Right click on the tablet's name and click "Properties". 
-Unplug your tablet. 
-At the top of the new dialogue box, find the "Driver" tab, and at the bottom, click "Uninstall". When prompted, check the "Delete the driver software" option, and press okay.
-If the "Tablet pointing devices" drop-down doesn't show up in the "Device Manager", you may need to plug in your tablet and refresh the window, then continue with the steps above. Once your computer has begun the restart process, you can unplug the tablet, since the computer will either not recognize it or attempt to install a different (older) driver when it turns back on.
-The uninstall process will begin, and you will be asked to restart your computer. Make sure you do. If the uninstall process doesn't begin, find the tablet driver application in your "Programs and Features" (Control Panel, "Programs and Features"). Click it, then click "Uninstall" when the button shows up in the menu bar above the list of applications.

Step 1b: Download the most recent tablet driver from here: www.monoprice.com/home/driverd…
-The driver you want is called "PID 6251 6815 6814 5553 5552 5551 Complete Graphic Tablet Software and Drivers"
-Make sure you extract the files so that you can open the folder. Open the Driver 5.02 D[...] folder and find the "SETUP" (or SETUP.exe) application file. Right click on the SETUP file and click "Properties".
-Find the "Compatibility" tab at the top, and in the "Compatibility mode" box, check the "Run this program in compatibility mode for:". Select Windows 8 from the drop down menu. Click "Apply."
-Double click the SETUP application file to begin the install process. When prompted, restart your computer again. Once you've logged back in, you can plug your tablet in and make sure that the pen registers correctly. Congrats, you've updated the driver!

• Step 1.1: If the tablet driver above doesn't fix things for you after you get to step 4, try installing the following driver from Huion in place of the driver linked in Step 1b and try again. Huion is the company that bought out Monoprice, hence their outdated drivers. This link directly opens the driver download window prompt. Install it as you would the driver in Step 1b.
  

Step 2: Open the Notepad app. Type the following as it is here into the note or copy/paste. Ignore the link on the first part; I couldn't figure out how to un-tag the text haha.
#Use WinTab
UseSystemStylus 0

Then save the note with the following name:
PSUserConfig.txt

You don't have to write .txt so long as you're saving it as a .txt file. Save it somewhere you'll find it easily, like the desktop.

Step 3: Click the Windows icon and type "Run". Open the "Run" desktop application when it shows up as a search result, and type "appdata", then hit enter. When File Explorer opens, open the following folders as they show up: Roaming, Adobe, Adobe Photoshop CC 20XX (depending on your version/year), Adobe Photoshop CC 20XX Settings. Move your PSUserConfig.txt file into that folder. Be careful to not put it in one of the top 3 folders, just at the bottom with the other miscellaneous files. Then close File Explorer. It is recommended that you restart your computer again, but not necessary if you have a newer computer.

Step 4: Make sure that your tablet is "on"/plugged into your computer and in use, and use the pen to open Photoshop. This just makes sure that as it's opening, Photoshop recognizes that the pen is active (because sometimes if your tablet isn't active until after you open Photoshop, you'll have to close the program, make the tablet active, and open Photoshop again). Open a new canvas and go to the Brush panel. Make sure your brush tool is active, then test out the Shape Dynamics settings and make sure it's set to pen pressure. Ta-da! It should work now!

Step 5: (Primarily for UHD/4K/high resolution monitor users) If your cursor seems offset from the pen area on your tablet (as in, when you place your pen in the center of the drawing area on your tablet, your cursor seems like it's shifted to the left/right (not in the middle where it should be) when reflecting your monitor display), follow these steps to force your cursor to where it should be!

Step 5a: Go to Settings, Display, and move the "Change the size of text, apps, and other items" slider to 100%. Your screen may look strange for a moment as the applications you're running re-size themselves. Once things aren't moving around anymore, move the slider back to 200%. Things are going to shuffle in size a bit again, then you shouldn't have to squint at your screen. But wait, the brush/cursor calibration is messed up again! Keep reading, you're not done yet.

Step 5b: Locate and open your Tablet settings. On some machines, there will be a shortcut on the bottom right of your screen, where your volume and WiFi signal shortcuts are (click the ^ and find the icon that looks like a drawing tablet to open). In others, go to your Control Panel (go to Settings and type "Control Panel" in the search box, then click the result). Find the "Tablet Settings (32 bit) link and open it. Find the "Monitor Setting" panel (the second tab). Here you may need to adjust the resolution that your tablet recognizes as the drawing area from "Full Monitor" to "Portion of Monitor" and re-adjust the Width [X] and Height [Y] coordinates to be your full screen resolution (mine is 3840 x 2160). Click "Apply" and your cursor should snap to where it should be when you use the tablet pen! Now you can close the Tablet settings and draw away!

• Step 5.1: If Step 5 does not re-sync your cursor's location to your pen's location on the tablet, the other solution is to leave the slider at 100% when you use Photoshop. Unfortunately, this may make everything else on your screen too small to read. Option 2 from this article may help with other programs scaling down, but I've tried it for Photoshop (and the Monoprice tablet software) to no avail. There is currently no "all around" fix if you do have this issue, so you'll just have to scale down when using Photoshop and scale back up when using other applications. Not a great fix, I know, but I had to deal with it too until some miraculous Windows or Adobe update fixed things for my display, sorry! :{