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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.
Agree with dtel_995 and other recent posters. Win8 was too radical a change and looks as if it has not been tested by working users as opposed to techies or players.
In case anyone has missed it, I have copied this from geggsie who posted on another thread.
" Go to Control Panel > Hardware and Sound > (under Device and Printers) click Mouse > (Under Mouse properties) click **Device Settings Tab >**click the Settings button > un-tick the **'Enable Edge Swipe'**option > click Apply. "
This gets rid of the charms bar problem from the touch pad. The other suggestions I found did not work for me, including 3rd party offerings like winaero.
I have a Synaptics touch pad, but my driver version 17.x.x.x did not have this option. I uninstalled the 17.x.x.x driver and donwloaded and installed the older generic Synaptics 16.3.15.1 driver, and unchecked "enable edge swipe". Other touch pad functionality seems to be fine with this older driver.
It is like getting my computer back from being hijacked by a crazy clown like the one played by Tim Curry in the movie 'It'. I cannot express how much more productive I am able to be - typing, doing graphics, web browsing, downloading, email and the rest - without the charms bar and switch screen to the Metro interface appearing every few seconds, interrupting concentration and needing touchpad movements and keystrokes to get rid of it.
If you have a Synaptics touch pad. this is definitely worth a try. If you have a different brand, you could examine its properties and see whether there is a corresponding option.
I do not understand why Synaptics have removed this option from the later drivers. I tried every option given by the first installed 17.x.x.x driver and the latest 17.x.x.x driver from Synaptics but nothing corresponds to this.
Dear Rajesh (Rajesh Govind)... I have just given you one of the specifications/objectives for Windows 8.2 or 9.0, and I expect my commission payment from Microsoft as soon as possible. . . . Raj last scouted my desktop as an XP virus torched two (2) sorry disks... Are you guys doing a trade war here? In line with preceding comments, this may cause you both to recycle your boxes, in which case you have both given in to Microsoft RD landfill objectives. May the seven winds help us all.
:) Ugh! What's wrong with my smily today?
I just see a colon and a bracket...
Case in point, nothing works consistently, around Windows 8 and microsoft.com.
Not since NSA took over the development side of user interaction.
Figure 3. Region 3's 3rd world management issues.
What happens if we just let go of this conflicted topic? Or is it 'STUCK'? My biggest **** with win81 is as soon as you install anything x86, your desktop icon focus reverts to win31. That's a long way back from whatever devices your plans for 8.2/9.1. Underscoring that wherever Microsoft goes with the incomplete and falling apart current version, there's way too much garbage to do anything but start over from scratch... again. Was 7 all that bad?
