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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2015-02-08T01:16:48+00:00
AN EMAIL I SENT TO MICROSOFT REGARDING THIS BLOGPOST AND ONE OTHER SPONSORED BY MICROSOFT:

DEAR MICROSOFT CUSTOMER SUPPORT:

THE TWO URLs YOU HAVE SENT ME TO RESOLVE THE TOUCHPAD "EDGESWIPE" PROBLEM ARE MISLEADING, UNHELPFUL AND POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS TO MICROSOFT USERS BECAUSE THEY ARE:

-- "BLOGS" HOSTED BY MICROSOFT WITH ABSOLUTELY NO OVERSIGHT BY MICROSOFT;

-- COMMENTS POSTED TO THESE "BLOGS" CONCERN SPECIFIC COMPUTER BRANDS AND MODELS, USELESS TO MOST USERS; AND

-- THREE YEARS OLD.

MICROSOFT'S "CHAT TECH" ADVISED THAT I CAN SURELY SOLVE MY PROBLEM BY PAYING $149 FOR A "SERVICE AGREEMENT" TO SOLVE SUCH PROBLEMS. THIS IS ABSURD; THE PROBLEM IS VEXING TO MANY, MANY MICROSOFT CUSTOMERS, AS THE "BLOG" ATTESTS, AND AS I HAVE FOUND.

AFTER SPENDING HOURS SEARCHING MY CONTROL PANEL AND THE WEB, I FOUND THE SOLUTION TO THE "EDGESWIPE" PROBLEM AT http://www.emc.com.tw/eng/st\_tpn_sp.asp WHICH STATES:

QUOTE:

Q: Why my cursor has inexplicably moving or click when I am typing?

The main cause of unexpected cursor moving or click is the accidental palm contact with the touch pad.

You can adjust your Palm Tracking setting to maximum to make your touch pad insensitive to "palm contacts."

[HELPFUL PHOTOGRAPHS ARE SHOWN TO ILLUSTRATE.]

UNQUOTE.

THAT WEBSITE IS MAINTAINED BY THE MANUFACTURER OF MY COMPUTER'S TOUCHPAD, ELAN MICROELECTRONICS CORP., HSINCHU, TAIWAN, (http://www.emc.com.tw/eng/about_elan_4.asp).

HOW DID I FIND ELAM?

BY SHEER LUCK AND DETECTIVE WORK, CLICKING ON:

CONTROL PANEL

HARDWARE AND SOUND

MOUSE

LENOVO POINTING DEVICE, WHICH HAS FIVE TABS, ONE OF WHICH IS:

DRIVER

DRIVER FILE DETAILS

FINDING 38 FILES, THREE OF WHICH CONTAIN THE WORD "EDGESWIPE" AND WERE LOCATED IN A SUBDIRECTORY CALLED "ELANTECH."

SEARCHING THE WEB FOR "ELANTECH" AND FINDING A DOZEN COMPANIES OF THAT NAME, AND THEN REFINING MY SEARCH TO "ELANTECH" AND "TOUCHPAD."
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MICROSOFT CONTINUES TO RESEMBLE THE U.S. POSTAL SERVICE IN ITS UNHELPFUL ATTITUDE.

JOCK STENDER

CHARLESTON, SC

FEBRUARY 7, 2015
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Anonymous

2015-03-25T06:49:18+00:00

ENDING EDGE SWIPE CHARMS TORTURE

Lenovo Yoga Pro (may work on other machines too)

**1.**Open the Control Panel

(RIGHT click the windows icon in the lower left corner of the screen and select "Control Panel" from the menu that appears)

The "Control Panel" will appear

2. In the upper right of the Control Panel, select either View by: "Small icons" or "Large icons"

(If you stay in the default View by: Categories, you'll go crazy trying to move forward!)

**3.**Click on the mouse icon "Mouse"

The "Mouse Properties" window will appear

**4.**Select the "Device Settings" tab

**5.**Click the "Settings..." button in the middle on the right side of the window

WAIT - the next window my not appear quickly

The "Synaptics Control Panel" will appear (it may take a moment)

**6.**On the "One Finger" tab, deselect/uncheck "Enable Edge Swipes"

(Its at the top of the lower section)

7. Click "OK" at the bottom of the window.

8. Rejoice! Your pain has ended.
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Anonymous

2015-06-30T21:00:18+00:00

You have to click on the elan button once you are inside the mouse then click disable edge swipes on Lenovo. worked for me. I still hate windows 8 but this one and the mouse doing its own thing once in awhile stills **** me off.
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