Disable Charm bar's Touchpad gesture shortcut

I'm using an Acer AO722 laptop. Everytime I slide my finger from the right edge of the touchpad (where the slider is) toward the center (mostly accidentally), the charmbar pops up and stays on the screen until I manually click on some random spots on the screen.

There's no such option in the Synaptics properties:

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.. nor is there any in the mouse option.

Is there a way to turn this shortcut off?

Chin

Posted 2012-11-28T15:17:41.273

Reputation: 6 937

I can't add this answer until I get more reputation. But here it goes:

Make a backup of HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Synaptics\SynTPEnh\PlugInConfig\Defaults\CustomZones and all sub-keys, then delete it.

Tested under Win8.1 using Synaptics v17.0.15 drivers (Razer not generic). – quimnuss – 2015-05-31T01:37:15.720

Give a try to skip metro suite

– avirk – 2012-11-28T15:26:51.347

I dont's want to disable the usual shortcut at the corners of the screen, I just want to disable the gesture in my trackpad – Chin – 2012-11-28T15:33:18.630

mouse properties? .. Check there. Or check if you have some proprietary drivers like the synaptic touch drivers for instance. – Gutsygibbon – 2012-11-28T15:37:15.227

@Chin there a check box for charm bar I think it will only disable it, not all shortcuts? – avirk – 2012-11-28T15:41:35.917

@avirk I mean I want to keep the charm bar and all shortcuts associated to it that are on the screen, I just want to remove the mouse gesture shortcut the opens it – Chin – 2012-11-28T15:48:14.553

@Gutsygibbon no it's not in either place – Chin – 2012-11-28T15:50:28.223

@chin I got it, let's see if I find a way. Well, strnage I have Acer Extensa and this is not a feature there. – avirk – 2012-11-28T15:53:47.580

Answers

Try installing the latest version of the touchpad driver, available from Synaptics.

I installed it last night on my laptop, and after restarting, there will be a whole host of new options at the bottom of the list. The option that you are looking to disable is the one that allows you to swipe from off the right edge of the touchpad to the center - that is what is activating the charms.

Edit:

The feature you're looking to disable in the Synaptics driver settings is "Enable Edge Swipes". The image below is the settings for the driver version 16.2.21 25Oct12.

Synaptics settings screenshot

The the description from the help text:

Enable Edge Swipes

Select the Enable Edge Swipes checkbox to enable a one-finger movement from the edge of the TouchPad in towards the center of the TouchPad:

A swipe from the left edge to the center switches from the currently open application to the previously open application.

A swipe from the right edge to the center opens or closes the Charms bar.

A swipe from the the top edge to the center opens or closes the Application Bar.

Jared Harley

Posted 2012-11-28T15:17:41.273

Reputation: 11 692

you're right, it's described here: http://www.synaptics.com/solutions/technology/windows8 I'm installing the new driver, hope it works

– Chin – 2012-11-28T16:00:33.723

Well they improved a lots of thing but Two finger scrolling bother me a lot. +1 ::) – avirk – 2012-12-11T12:45:52.740

This is a much better solution. You can use your OEM's touchpad drivers instead. Synaptics' new drivers are flakey.

This works!

http://www.intowindows.com/how-to-enable-or-disable-touchpad-gestures-in-windows-8/

Neoladium

Posted 2012-11-28T15:17:41.273

Reputation: 21