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

Anonymous
2012-12-23T17:49:41+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!

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Anonymous
2013-05-23T18:33:46+00:00

Try this; maybe it will work:

Control Panel>Mouse>UltraNav>TouchPad Settings>Application Gestures>Edge Swipes>Deselect “Enable Edge Swipes”

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  1. Anonymous
    2013-12-09T05:34:14+00:00

    I have a Dell computer and the steps I was trying to follow did not work for my computer. I was missing a step. I have been reading this thread and haven't seen any instructions for a Dell yet. I guess all computers are different.

    Should I just install Windows 7 or Windows XP. I am done with this charms bar. It is ****. :)

    Hope you can help me. If I can't turn off the charms I will buy a new operating system.

    Thanks in advance. Vickie

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  2. Anonymous
    2013-12-08T23:43:29+00:00

    Did you Restart after making the change?

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  3. Anonymous
    2013-12-08T23:01:45+00:00

    I just tried this and it did not work for me!  I HATE THE WINDOWS CHARMS.  HATE, HATE, HATE.

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  4. Anonymous
    2013-12-08T22:40:07+00:00

    It looks like you can't totally disable Charms without going into the Registry. The fixes suggested above won't turn off the bottom right hand corner activation. Luckily, there is a terrific post on techattend.com by Waqas Ahmed -" How to disable Charms Bar in Windows 8.1"- which gives step-by-step instructions, with screen shots, on how to totally disable Charms by adding a line to the Registry. There are no downloads involved so no security issues. I have just worked through it and "Bingo" - Charms is dead.

    Wow!

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