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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 perhaps mistakenly assumed he worked for them because he said he was a win8 beta tester. I thought you could only do that if you worked for them. Also, he said it was absolutely not true that MS doesn't listen, leading me to believe he could only know that if he worked for them. How could so emphatically and confidently state this is not true if he does not work for them? Lastly, this is an official MS website, and I may have again presumed that only MS employees would manage it. Either way, the tone is uncalled for. Someone not agreeing with another's opinion doesn't make that individual stupid, but those that are pro MS have a definitive snooty air about them in most (not all) instances.
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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.
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Looking at Drew1903's community profile - I have to ask where you got the "product/company you work for" part?
This is, for the most part (likely close to 99.99% - great up-time number, BTW, if it was that), a peer-to-peer, volunteer based open forum. I don't think (get the impression at all) that Drew1903 works for or only with any given product. Windows 8.1 is likely one of many.
I think that is one thing that gets misunderstood and/or missed completely. Those you are likely conversing with here are people, just like you, who have their own opinions and experiences. Although there are some Microsoft 'employees' (I use that term loosely - since, as far as I can tell, most are actually more like 'call center' type employees, maybe even for a company that is hired to represent Microsoft here and not an internal section - but that is all guesses) here - most are like you and I - people who either have questions or want to share their knowledge with others.
