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    Trackpad question new Vaio S 15

    Discussion in 'VAIO / Sony' started by jlrosine, Jul 18, 2012.

  1. jlrosine

    jlrosine Notebook Consultant

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    I have the new S15 and I could swear I was able to use the three finger flick gesture to navigate back/forward within windows explorer when I got the laptop, but I think drivers were updated since then.

    I have the synaptics pad with v8.1 drivers. Can anyone confirm/let me know if they have a fix to enable the three finger flick to navigate back/forward in windows explorer?

    It seems the only way it works for me is when I have my cursor in the navigation address bar on top, which is useless.
     
    jlrosine, Jul 18, 2012
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    heywhitmarsh Notebook Geek

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    I'd love if anyone has a solution to this because i really wish the three finger swipe would work in windows explorer. It works great in IE, but it's worked maybe 3 times just randomly in windows explorer
     
    heywhitmarsh, Jul 19, 2012
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    jlrosine Notebook Consultant

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    Yeah it sucks...the only way I can get it working in windows explorer is to put the mouse cursor in the white address bar, then it magically works, which is pretty useless.

    I tried hacking the registry a little and adding profiles for windows explorer but it didn't work....still hoping.
     
    jlrosine, Jul 19, 2012
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    jlrosine Notebook Consultant

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    Bumping this one more time, hopefully someone has a fix for me. I can't believe three finger flick (back/forward) doesn't work within windows explorer after you start drilling down in the main window. This is nuts.
     
    jlrosine, Jul 21, 2012
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