How do I turn off the gesture swipe from my windows 8 laptop?

Anonymous
2012-12-29T22:23:55+00:00

I am trying to turn off the gesture swipe on my new laptop and no one seems to have an answer. I go online to look for an answer but it gives me some info to copy and use but it doesn't seem to work. Can someone PLEASE give me EXACT step by step directions on how to turn these gestures off? It's EXTREMELY annoying that while I'm playing a game or doing most anything at all that the charm bar opens or the most recent app bar opens!!! Not sure how much longer I can take this!!! Thanks

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Anonymous
2012-12-30T10:40:27+00:00

Hi Josh,

Thank you for contacting Microsoft Community!

I understand that you would like to turn off gesture swipe. I will definitely help you with this issue.

  1. What is the make and model of the laptop?

I would suggest you to follow the steps and check if it helps.

a. Press Windows Key +R, type Control Panel.

b.             Click on Hardware and Sound, select Mouse then right click and select device settings

c.              Click on Settings.

From there you can adjust a lot of track pad settings, including Disable Edge Swipes and check.

If the issue persists or if the settings are not present, I would suggest you to contact computer manufacturer for further assistance.

Hope this helps. Try the above steps and get back to us for further assistance. We will be happy to help you.

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Anonymous
2013-04-14T20:05:48+00:00

OK all you Sony Vaio users, you are absolutely right.  There is no way to turn off the gestures from the mouse settings.  But... I figured out how to do it without having to change the registry.  Go to your apps screen and click on "VAIO Control Center"  form there go to "Mouse and Keyboard",  At the top of the list you will see "Turn on/off touchpad" with an on/off slider under it.  To the right of it is a "Details" button.  Click it.  That will open up another box saying "Enable Multi-touch functions" In there you will see a selection for "Show Charm"  Uncheck that, and you will not have to worry about those accidental swipes again.  YAY!!!

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  1. Anonymous
    2013-09-05T15:58:33+00:00

    Thank you soooo much mamapajama!  I have a new  Sony Vaio T Series Ultrabook and I have been struggling with these annoying touchpad gestures for 2 weeks now.  The worst was the swipe from the left that changed apps!  I was able to turn that off and some of the other gestures but I could never figure out how to turn off the swipe from right that opens up the charms until I read your post!  This was driving me crazy because I couldn't move my mouse from right to left without opening up charms no matter how hard I tried.  Thank you for making my life a little easier!!  

    I really think Microsoft should have thought these things through before releasing Windows 8.  Did they do ANY user testing with real people?

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  2. Anonymous
    2013-08-18T19:53:14+00:00

    Your first mistake was buying a gateway. They don't have a good track record, have poor customer service, and the computers have bad speeds let alone settings

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  3. Anonymous
    2013-08-18T19:15:44+00:00

    I followed the instructions given above and did not find the Enable/disable command. More wasted time and frustration.

    It appears that there are no useable instructions on my machine, a Gateway laptop, which allow me to either avoid using the detestable swipe gesture or eliminate it from accidental usage. This is the second time I have run into problems with a Microsoft program due to unnecessary complexity and lack of transparent functionality. It is as if Microsoft's programmers assume we are all like the king and queen-geeks sitting in the cubicles next door.

    "Of course you'll understand this," they say. "We do.

    Finally, why should I have to ask about such things? It is as if a car salesman threw me the keys to one of the cars in his lot, and said, "Here, you'll figure it out."

    By the way, as I typed this message out, I again activated the swipe, and was forced to click back to this page--two clicks. This is beyond stupid.

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