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
2015-06-03T21:02:15+00:00 I have a Lenovo. They've hidden the settings!
If you open Mouse Properties, then click on the last tab labeled "Device Settings" you will see a button you can click labeled "Settings". Click it.
A new window will open where you can disable the edge swipes.
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Anonymous
2015-06-11T02:57:27+00:00 OMG thank you! This worked on my Samsung 900 series ultrabook. The right swipe insanity was driving me bonkers. Bonkers, I tell you.
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2015-06-12T04:10:01+00:00 Although some of the nomenclature was a bit different, I was able to go to "Mouse" directly from control panel, and the Synaptics mouse controlling section, under "Gestures", allows you to deselect the zone of the touchpad that initiates "Windows 8 functions", around the edges of the trackpad. That worked for me in 2015. I have an HP with Synaptics.
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2015-07-23T00:31:23+00:00 I have been having this problem with my Lenovo Flex, and having no luck--every blog was a bust, and I was about to quit, but I finally figured it out! It's really easy, but it's in a really illogical place. I'm not sure how many models this will work with, but if you're as frustrated as I was, here it is in all its simple glory:
Open control panel and navigate to: Appearance and Personalization>Personalization Then click "Change mouse pointers" in the upper left of that window. In the window that pops up, there will be a tab for the brand of your touchpad (in my case ELAN). Either double click that tab or highlight it and click "Options..." below. From here on, I think it will depend on which brand you are using.
For ELAN users: On the left side of the window is "Edge Swipe". Click "Edge Swipe" and uncheck the box marked "Enable". Then just click apply and you're set!
I hope this helps someone who is as desperate as I was!