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.
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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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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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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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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PRESS WINDOWS BUTTON AND TAB BUTTON AT THE SAME TIME, WORKED FOR ME!
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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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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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2015-05-29T21:02:37+00:00 Applications such as Classic Shell has options for disabling 'Active Corners'. I'm pretty sure that at least some users may use applications like Classic Shell to disable Active Corners. If that happens, then some POP-UP tool tips that require the user to click on a corner will not go away - most likely because that particular POP-UP tool tip was meant to work with 'Active Corners' enabled. Pretty sure that this is a blunder on the part of who-ever programmed this tool-tip pop-up feature. The programmer should have added a feature that really does detect the mouse pointer in the screen corner even when Active Corners has been disabled. Otherwise, at least have some feature where you can right-click on the POP-UP tool tip window to allow the user to just get rid of the tool-tip PERMANENTLY.