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

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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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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.

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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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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2014-06-15T09:02:50+00:00

Took me several days of messing around with this piece of garbage OS to figure out how to stop this rediculous charm bar from popping out. Go to hardware and sounds/mouse or mousepad/ device settings/ Settings/. disable edge tapping. then go to pointing/edge motion/ and drag the edges all the way out so that there is no tap edge zone. this doesnt remove the charm bar , but it enlarges the touchpad area and gets rid of the side functions altogether. Hope this helps.
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Anonymous

2014-06-17T17:55:05+00:00

Sony Vaio users...I figured out how to do it without having to change the registry. Go to your apps screen and click on "VAIO Control Center"...

What if I don't have the VAIO Control Center installed? I tried editing relevant Synaptics registry settings to no avail. I do have a registry entry for Control Center in HLCU\Software\Sony but only a few key-value pairs, and nothing mouse / touchpad related.

Touchpad edge gesture have been annoying me since I've had this computer, now I finally take the time to try and disable them and find this experience even more aggravating. (╬ ಠ益ಠ)

Maybe I'll temporarily install the VAIO Control Center app just to change this setting.
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Anonymous

2014-06-17T20:32:50+00:00

KABOOM!

Great job and BIG THANKS!

What a MASSIVE relief and the end to the frustration. I HATE Synaptics didn't bother providing the feature in their driver for this.
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