Try this; maybe it will work:
Control Panel>Mouse>UltraNav>TouchPad Settings>Application Gestures>Edge Swipes>Deselect “Enable Edge Swipes”
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
2013-12-14T16:19:17+00:00 Seems to work for my Dell Inspiron laptop. I disabled right edge swipes.
This is what I did:
- Control panel>Mouse> Change Mouse Settings>Dell Touchpad> "click to change touchpad settings">Gestures>One Finger Gestures>Right Edge Swipe.
- Turn Right Edge Swipe off by clicking check box on left.
- Save.
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Anonymous
2013-12-15T23:24:42+00:00 Thanks you for the advice to download the synaptics driver. it worked a dream on my Lenovo. its a shame i've spent hours trying to solve side right swipe gesture. I will never buy another Lenovo!
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Anonymous
2013-12-16T09:15:42+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!
thank you thank you thank you. I no longer wish to throw my new laptop into the sea.
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Anonymous
2013-12-16T14:34:52+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!
Wow; THANKS! So far that seems to work!