A switching adapter for enabling individual settings with a hand-held setting tool (10) having a magazine (40) for fastening elements (51), and a detection element (31) for detecting presence of a fastening element (51) in a receiving chamber of the setting tool. The adapter (60) includes a retaining section (61) for releasably mounting the switching adapter (60) on the fastening elements magazine (40) of the setting tool (10), and an actuation section (62) that displaces the detection element (31) of the setting tool from its a locking position to its release position.