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

2014-04-20T23:26:33+00:00

thank you that charms bar was popping out on me every few minutes and I had no control over what type of swipe would bring out the stupid charms bar. It speaks to me of the incredible failure of Windows 8 and 8.1. The default should be something intuitive not interrupting and stealing all this time fighting with it, researching how to stop it and then actually implementing it correctly to stop this pest from stopping your work at frequent and capricious intervals.

**** like this is the single most spooky thing I can think of when AI is finally here and then begins designing advancements in future AI devices or Webs. Think of the craziness that will ensue and AI might not choose to reveal how to stop it from doing things that upset people and that interfere with productivity.

Stephen
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Anonymous

2014-04-27T04:47:11+00:00

i have an HP laptop that came stock with windows 8. i cant upgrade to windows8.1. so anyone with an HP laptop that came with with windows8 and cant update to 8.1? THIS WORKED!!! OMG THANK YOU SO SO SOOOOOOOO MUCH!!!!! this WORKED FOR ME!!!

u have no idea how many videos i watched on youtube too AND implimented,suggestions and nothing worked. you saved me a lifetime of hate for my laptop.

PS: the steps in the initial post may get you side tracked. so all you have to do is get to the mouse pad properties window. :)
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Anonymous

2014-06-20T16:34:53+00:00

Beware of this Rogue Software: Winearo Charms Bar Killer. I downloaded it cleanly right from their site. It did nothing to kill the Charms Bar Menu on the Horrific Windows 8.1 OS. Futhermore-

It embedded Trojan Horse Virus- Malware.Generic.746983. This rogue software hid itself so I could not uninstall it from my registry or from the programs menu. I contacted Winaero 3 times on this issue, they refused to respond. Anvisoft Smart Defender finally found & killed this rogue, fake program. The virus allows a backdoor to be wide open on your computer to enable programs to be run from an attacker.
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2014-06-20T16:39:39+00:00

Beware of this Rogue Software: Winearo Charms Bar Killer. I downloaded it cleanly right from their site. It did nothing to kill the Charms Bar Menu on the Horrific Windows 8.1 OS. Futhermore-

It embedded Trojan Horse Virus- Malware.Generic.746983. This rogue software hid itself so I could not uninstall it from my registry or from the programs menu. I contacted Winaero 3 times on this issue, they refused to respond. Anvisoft Smart Defender finally found & killed this rogue, fake program. The virus allows a backdoor to be wide open on your computer to enable programs to be run from an attacker.
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