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
    2013-08-03T15:55:55+00:00

    Don' modify the registry - it does not fix the problem.

    I believe our only hope is that Microsoft realize that they do not rule the world and that Charms are awful!

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  2. Anonymous
    2013-08-03T16:41:34+00:00

    Thank you so much. I am so disappointed with Microsoft/ Lenovo and Synaptics in that none give a single bit of help removing Charms or recognition that the Charms Bar is terrible.

    Now all I want to do is stop what appears to be cursor 'drift' when your finger stops!

    Regards. GD

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  3. Anonymous
    2013-08-05T01:27:01+00:00

    thank god, another winme, i mean win8 fix.  eventually the users might make this a tolerable OS

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  4. Anonymous
    2013-08-09T06:15:43+00:00

    Didn't work for me. I am sooo frustrated with the charm bar. I might like Windows 8 if it wasn't for that thing. I have tried everything to disable it, nothing working on my Laptop. Toshiba S55-A5255 Satellite

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