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Old Title: when I move the mouse around the right hand side bar keeps appearing, when I don't want it to.
I recently bought a new computer with Windows 8 and have managed to work with it OK. The thing is that when I move the mouse around, the right hand sidebar with the Search, Share, Start, Devices and Settings buttons (and the date and time, bottom left), keeps appearing. It is so frustrating as I keep having to click to get rid of it. Ironically, when I am ready to close the computer down, I have to fiddle around with the mouse trying to get the damn bar to appear so that I can get the settings button to shut it down. Are there any solutions for this?
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"I am sorry to inform you that we do not have any option to disable the Charms Bar in Windows 8."
OMG, when I pay hundreds of my hard-earned dollars, especially in this economy, I expect to customize my product after purchasing. Did Microsoft have regular people try Win 8 for awhile before releasing it?
Got it!!! Its simple, go to control panel, synaptics touchpad and disable side swipe function, simples. it was really beginning to annoy me.
Hi Deborah,
Thank you for choosing Windows 8 and posting your query on Microsoft Community Forums.
It seems that you are not happy with the “Charms Bar” in Windows 8 as it always appears when you move the mouse pointer to the right hand side of your computer screen and would like to know if we can disable it.
I am sorry to inform you that we do not have any option to disable the Charms Bar in Windows 8. I can definitely forward your suggestions to the concerned department.
Microsoft has designed it for making things faster and easier. The charms bar help you do the things you do most often, like search, share links and photos, connect devices, and change settings without any difficulties.
For more information, please check this link:
http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows-8/charms#1TC=t1
Hope this information is helpful.
"I am sorry to inform you that we do not have any option to disable the Charms Bar in Windows 8."
OMG, when I pay hundreds of my hard-earned dollars, especially in this economy, I expect to customize my product after purchasing. Did Microsoft have regular people try Win 8 for awhile before releasing it?
Got it!!! Its simple, go to control panel, synaptics touchpad and disable side swipe function, simples. it was really beginning to annoy me.
This issue was driving me crazy with my new week old inspiron 7720 windows 8. I even spent time on the phone with tech support who suggested using an external mouse. I followed your suggestion to disable side swipe function and it worked perfectly. Thank you.
I agree 100%.
I could live with all the other awful features, but charms is intolerable. I have tried all the advice in this thread and it STILL randomly pops up in the middle of doing stuff. It is most annoying during gaming that uses edge scrolling. Every time I have to go to the right to do ANYTHING, it closes my gaming window.
I come by negative reaction by first-hand experience, not hearsay. This OS is miserable to work with. I have bypassed my computer to go straight to desktop, but when charms pops up, EVEN WHEN I AM NO WHERE NEAR THE RIGHT SIDE OF MY COMPUTER, it assumes I am choosing options when I am trying to get rid of it, and automatically loads the app screen, at which point I have to click the desk top app to get back to my desk top.
I don't like folders on my bottom task bar. Control panel is not simple to get to. I used to be able to click start/control panel, and there I was. The ONLY way I can get to it now is to right click my desk top, open properties for that, and then click control panel.
You say win8 came with big blocks of info, but only if you know how to access it, and no booklet came with the computer. When I get to those blocks of info, there is no way to get out of it without clicking control, alt, delete and opening the task manager.
I will grant you the security, but it is too secure. I had to look online to figure out how to shut off the required password. I am an adult and quite capable of deciding how much security I want and need. This should have been an option just as the charms bar should have been an option, and just as classic shell should have been an option.
I am not a Luddite. I like my technology. I even like change though you imply those of us who dislike this system must not. What I don't like is change that makes a product more challenging to use and is fraught with issues.
You say MS listens to it's customers, and perhaps it does, but the down talk to members on forums like these doesn't make it sound so. You sound like you're on a high horse and we're all idiot peons with no common sense. I understand that you feel defensive about a product/company you work for, but across the board, the way it is expressed, makes customers feel unheard.
Who wants to buy from a company who is so poorly reflected in places like this? We have legitimate dislikes and complaints. Poo-pooing them and talking down to us is only going to send us elsewhere for our computing needs. Assuming a person doesn't like change, or is lacking technological know-how, along with the "you're all idiots for not thinking this is the best machine yet" attitude is dismissive and does not engender feelings of being heard. It is possible to defend a product without the attitude.
I have always been a loyal MS fan. I really don't like Apple. But quite honestly, if future products aren't better than this one before my windows 7 product bites the dust, I will switch to them because this product is a nightmare.
