How to disable gestures (charms bar, edge swipes, etc...) without changing the registry

Anonymous
2012-12-23T17:49:41+00:00

I've had a Windows 8 laptop for a few days and the charms bar/settings pages that kept popping up out of nowhere were driving me absolutely insane.  BUT, I finally figured out how to turn them off. 

I went into control panel>hardware and sound>mouse>device settings>settings.  From there you can adjust a lot of the trackpad settings, including DISABLE EDGE SWIPES. 

I have a Toshiba Satellite with a synaptics mouse/trackpad, so i cant guarantee this works with all models, devices, etc. 

Windows 8 for laptop is now tolerable!  Hope this helps!

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Anonymous
2013-05-23T18:33:46+00:00

Try this; maybe it will work:

Control Panel>Mouse>UltraNav>TouchPad Settings>Application Gestures>Edge Swipes>Deselect “Enable Edge Swipes”

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  1. Anonymous
    2013-04-21T22:57:05+00:00

    THANKYOU NLMM!!

    Thankyou so so much!

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  2. Anonymous
    2013-04-15T04:33:55+00:00

    Does anyone know how to do this on an Asus laptop?

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  3. Anonymous
    2013-04-14T18:28:25+00:00

    I have an acer and I can't find "hardware and sound" but I do have a mouse icon in the control panel, but can't disable edge swipes... stupid windows 8

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  4. Anonymous
    2013-03-29T16:45:35+00:00

    I appreciate you response, ChrisBorgia.  If I could only find the Control Panel! 

    I have an HP Envy...and right now I don't envy myself or any other that has to get around these bizarre Charms and Swipes, etc.  Whoever designed this stuff should be fired.  So ridiculous!

    If anyone has an Envy and knows how to simply disarm these items, without going into the Registry, please Reply. I have this computer for a trial 60 days....and thinking an Apple product might be better than this headache,

    Thanks!

    Paul

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