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    disable touchpad edge swipe

    Discussion in 'Alienware 17 and M17x' started by Scale, Aug 26, 2014.

  1. Scale

    Scale Notebook Enthusiast

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    Does anybody know how to the disable the edge swipe to open the charms bar?
    It's quite annoying.
     
    Scale, Aug 26, 2014
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    amitvig22, Aug 26, 2014
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    Had tried to completely disable the charms bar via start8 but even though the corner didn't work anymore the swipe still opened it.
    Will try this method when i get home.

    Thanks!
     
    Scale, Aug 26, 2014
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    Didn't work, the hot corner got disabled but the charms bar is still actived when edge swiping
     
    Scale, Aug 26, 2014
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    First open regedit:
    next open HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Synaptics\SynTPEnh\PlugInConfig\Defaults\CustomZones
    next - make a backup of this key :HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Synaptics\SynTPEnh\PlugInConfig\Defaults\CustomZones

    next delete it sub-keys : CustomZone113KeyMacroBin
    if you are not there that ( CustomZone113KeyMacroBin ) all sub-keys, then delete it.

    and close regedit.

    Tested Win8.1 using Synaptics Touchpad Driver 17.0.8.2, A00
     
    matrix5, Aug 26, 2014
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    Thanks it worked
     
    Scale, Aug 26, 2014
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    :thumbsup:
     
    matrix5, Aug 26, 2014
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    It's great to hear that it worked with that workaround.I'll save it for future reference.
     
    Alienware-L_Porras, Aug 27, 2014
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