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

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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

Try this; maybe it will work:

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

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Anonymous

2012-12-27T15:00:35+00:00

you can still press the windows key on the keyboard which will bring up the apps
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Anonymous

2012-12-27T03:25:20+00:00

THANK YOU! This was driving me crazy! I also downloaded a 'skin' to make it look like my old windows program. But how do I get to all the apps now? Just wondering, although I'm not sure I'll ever need them?
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Anonymous

2012-12-24T07:55:03+00:00

Hi ChrisBorgia,

Thank you for your valuable suggestion; this will help other people to resolve the issue.

For any Windows related assistance in the future, feel free to contact us and we will be glad to help.
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