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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 purchased RetroUI some months ago and it suppressed the Windows 8 'charm bar' for a time; the fact that RetroUI no longer works makes me wonder if you all are actually crazy enough to suppress that add-on.
In case you all have not figured it out yet -- our economy is dependent upon Microsoft products; if your precipitous decline in judgment continues, we are all going to be in one **** of a mess.
Maybe some aggressive drug testing at Microsoft is in order?
I am annoyed as well as some of the functionality in the charms area and applications are limited in what you can do with them such as Skype, email etc. I downloaded the Windows 7 Skype and use it as it is far more usable. I don't like being forced to use the charms.. I go to the desktop immediately when I boot up.
I don't like being forced to go to the corners to access shut down etc. I simply like the way you shut down in Windows 7 Sometimes, the placement of the cursor to power off takes longer and more cumbersome than I like. Its a lack of control over my own system that disturbes me.
I use a 24GB i7 notebook so I am NOT using the touch capabilities. I am more of a static user and the Windows 8 is designed for two different environments. They could resolve this by making the Pro version that I upgraded too a non charms version.
But, like Office 2013, they force you to their manner of implementation as they removed all Office 2010 off the shelves.. so, I have a busy temp file with Office 2013 files I can't delete. This is not making a lot of users happy.
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