How to disable gestures (charms bar, edge swipes, etc...) without changing the registry

i got a windows 8 Toshiba satellite C850 1GL laptop and cant disable the swipe it keeps changing screens. how do i disable it

I followed this exactly as indicated and it didn't change about the way the charms bar is responding. 

I have tried a number of different fixes, which have worked for different people, but I cannot get this to stop popping up whenever I touch the right side of the touchpad.  It is a pity too, because this is my only gripe about Windows 8, but it is enough to make me get rid of it.

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!

I would very much like to turn these things off too but I have a Lenovo Ideapad and I cannot find the edge swipe options.  I have followed the instructions above but I've clicked on every option under device setting> setting and I have not found it.  I found Edge Motion but that does not seem to the correct item...  any help would be very much appreciated. 

Hi. Can I start by saying I'm clued up with some things, but really a novice compared to most of you guys on here. A BIG thanks to who wrote the original post above.

I have a new Lenovo G580 laptop and in the control panel mouse properties under the last tab I have an "Elan" smart pad. Under the tab there was a bullet ticked to say there was an icon in the system tray (that looks like a screen monitor of all things). When I double clicked on this icon in the hidden icons area it was there that I found the edge swipe setting. I've now disabled it and voila!! the side bar is now disabled via edge swipes. Thank f!*@ for that. This has driven me insane since day 1!!

Many thanks, and I hope this will help those with the new Lenovo Laptops. All the best. Jules.

I appreciate you response, ChrisBorgia.  If I could only find the Control Panel! 

I have an HP Envy...and right now I don't envy myself or any other that has to get around these bizarre Charms and Swipes, etc.  Whoever designed this stuff should be fired.  So ridiculous!

If anyone has an Envy and knows how to simply disarm these items, without going into the Registry, please Reply. I have this computer for a trial 60 days....and thinking an Apple product might be better than this headache,

Thanks!

Paul