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

2013-10-29T08:58:01+00:00

If you have Elan Smart-Pad but can't find the option to disable edge swipe I describe in my blog post how it can be done.
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Anonymous

2013-11-02T05:46:11+00:00

It wont work if you have an older laptop before 2013, even early 2013. People will have to manually update the pad by going to http://www.synaptics.com/resources/drivers and dowloading + installing the newer drivers first.

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Anonymous

2013-11-05T14:15:00+00:00

You are my hero. Thank you SO much!!!!
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