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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2014-08-05T21:01:38+00:00 Thank you so much you have just made my day!! Have had anew computer for about 4 weeks and this has been driving me nuts and just thought it was just something to do with windows 8.
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2014-08-05T21:43:04+00:00 Hi Karen,
I hope it was my post that helped you. If so you are welcome.
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Anonymous
2014-08-06T11:38:35+00:00 Talk about "absolutely insane" and it sounds like my reaction! Haha!
I used to be quite diligent about going to control panel, and probably could have figured this out myself without too much trouble. But I am getting old maybe(?) --so it is good to have someone else
post solutions like this! :-D
Thank you!
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Anonymous
2014-09-23T23:28:42+00:00 Nothing in any of the answers seems to work for me. I have an Acer V5-473p with a Synaptics trackpad. There is -no- setting available for Edge Swipes. The Preferences screen (from the Tiles screen) also has no switch to turn off Edge swipes (from either direction).
As long as I use a USB mouse and stay the heck away from the trackpad, that damn charms bar stays away. This is not a good solution. Microsoft needs to publish/distribute a definitive fix for this. We know it's not Synaptics' fault nor Acer's fault as they would have no reason to force these awful charms upon us. Only M$ has motivation for doing so. Well, I've managed to get rid of Metro and restore a Start menu (using Classic Shell). Now, how do I get rid of the charms? (Or, at least, disable Edge swipes?)