A hand-held drive-in tool driving fastening elements ( 60 ), e.g., nails in a workpiece (U) includes a magazine ( 61 ) projecting sidewise from the muzzle part ( 15 ) and having a spring-biased transporting slide ( 63 ) for displacing the fastening elements ( 60 ) in the magazine guide channel ( 62 ), a safety device ( 25 ) including a press-on member ( 14 ) secured on the tool muzzle part ( 15 )of the tool, and a device ( 40 ) actuatable by the press-on member ( 14 ) for positioning of the transporting slide ( 63 ) and for displacing the transporting slide ( 63 ) against a biasing force of the transporting spring.