How do I get rid of the pop up tip boxes in Windows 8.1?

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After upgrading to Windows 8.1 I get large pop up boxes at the edges of the screen with tips such as "swipe to switch between apps". The boxes don't go away. How do I get rid of them and/or disable this feature?

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Anonymous

I have the same thing. No touch screen, but windows 8.1 acts as if I can touch away the pop up. I did get rid of it (for now) by moving my mouse to the top left of the screen and clicking to go to the last app I had open.

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Anonymous

I had the same thing happen. I swiped the arrow all the way to the right and it disappeared. So fsr it hsasn't reappeared.

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Anonymous

Hi Shelley,

Thanks for sharing your issue.

You can check ShrikarAcharya's post on this link to disable the tips that you seeing when using apps.

Let us know if you need further assistance.

Regards,

JohnRod

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Anonymous

Further description: Go to P C settings, click on PC and devices, go to corners and edges, at the top, you will see app switching, click to off. That's how I got rid of mine, no problem since. Hope this helps

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Anonymous

PRESS WINDOWS BUTTON AND TAB BUTTON AT THE SAME TIME, WORKED FOR ME!

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Anonymous

I think that at least some of you can't get rid of the window because you disabled the charms. Well, at least that's what I did. Anyway, pressing Windows+Tab solved the problem for me.

And yeah, way to go Microsoft, keep on sucking with Win 8.

Regards, someone who never felt the need to check out other os's on the desktop before Windows 8.

Yes, this worked for me, windows button and tab button at the same time, thanks

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Anonymous

The advice i found in http://www.askdavetaylor.com/how-do-i-get-rid-of-win8-switch-between-apps-tip-windows/ solved the problem for me:

* go to [device manager][Human Interface Devices][HID-compliant touch screen]

* select the second tab [Driver]

* disable th selected device (click the button [Disable])

* re-enable the device (click the button [Enable])

problem was solved for me

my specs: (Windows 8.1 / touchscreen / user has administrator rights)

hope it helps someone

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Anonymous

2014-08-21T20:52:12+00:00
The official answer is:

Do what the tip is asking. It will never appear again.

If you don't have a touch-screen, do it with your mouse pointer and it will never appear again.
And what happens when it DOES appear again, and again, and again....? The help pop-ups are one of the most annoying "issues" that windows 8.1 has. They can cause your programs to fail/not save information. Can lock the screen and force you to close or navigate away from the program you NEED TO USE. Closes the sidebars when you actually want them, and FORCE you to open the sidebars when you don't want them. I could honestly keep listing the issues, bugs, and defective features for the next 1000 or so words,

**This product is broken!! Microsoft should be refunding all of us a portion of our money back for all the defective parts of Windows 8.1. Especially if they have no intention of ever fixing it...... It would also be nice to see more than 1 Microsoft employee update us or even try to help with this. But of course this is another issue that Microsoft will continue to ignore/deny. We can only hope that windows 9 will not be this broken.
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