Disabling touchpad gestures in Windows 10 – Microsoft Community

Previous Next. Hi Adam, Thank you for posting your query in Microsoft Community. We are working on your issue, we will get back to you soon. Thanks for your feedback. How satisfied are you with this reply?

Thanks for your feedback, it helps us improve the site. In reply to A. User’s post on August 26, Hi Eeshwar, About that reply that you deleted, I’m guessing that you don’t want me to do it?

Hi I have the same problem developing a Self Checkout application for customers using Windows 8. Please publish a solution to this issue.

In reply to Azmarel’s post on September 9, Hi Azmarel,, The Microsoft Engineer originally replied To enable these disabled gestures again, follow the steps provided below: Step 1 : Copy the below registry code in Notebook, save it as TouchEnable. In reply to adamwpe’s post on September 15, Hello everyone, the solution adamedney provided it’s not working.

I correctly followed the steps but after rebooting the PC, nothing changed. Have you tested it? Hope for a replay asap. Microsoft really needs to add an easy way to disable these gestures. Half the time I scroll with my left finger, the screen to switch apps appears.

Concerning that particular gesture, they should’ve had a lefty on their QA team! In reply to ManuRegna’s post on October 12, You can easily enable or disable the ‘Gesture’ settings. Here, you can enable or disable a number of Gesture settings.

Right-click the Start menu, then select Power Options. Click Choose what the power buttons do on the left side pane. Click Change settings that are currently unavailable, then under the. Shutdown settings select the options you want to show. If you Windows 10 PC or device has a touchscreen, you could swipe in from a screen edge to invoke a system UI below. Swipe in from the right side of your screen to open the action center.

Swipe in from the left to view all your open apps in task view. Disable Edge Swipe Type gpedit. Edit “Allow edge swipe” and set to Disabled. Click Apply then OK. Here’s how: Open Settings. Click on Devices. Click on Touchpad. Under the “Taps” section, use the Touchpad sensitivity drop-down menu to adjust the sensitivity level of the touchpad.

Options available, include: Most sensitive. Yes No. Sorry this didn’t help. The problem is that the search box we don’t have Cortana yet in Australia pops up when you’re 2 finger scrolling and accidently touch the pad with another finger. I have tried changing the touchpad settings but Windows overrides them on reboot!

It’s a pain in the Choose where you want to search below Search Search the Community. Search the community and support articles Windows Windows 10 Search Community member. I turned this off in windows 8.

Since upgrading to Windows 10, it has turned back on and I can’t figure out how to turn it off again. Acer E This thread is locked. You can follow the question or vote as helpful, but you cannot reply to this thread.

How to Disable Touchpad Gestures in Windows 11 – TechCult

Open action center: Tap four fingers on the touchpad. Switch virtual desktops: Place four fingers on the touchpad and swipe right or left. Scroll to Three-finger gestures or Four-finger gestures to change your touch gesture settings. Windows 11 Windows 10 More Touch gestures You can use these gestures on the touch screen of your Windows 11 device.

Try out these gestures on the touchpad of your Windows 10 laptop. Select an item: Tap on the touchpad. Need more help? Expand your skills.

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So, it is not possible to disable the gesture feature of the touchpad you are referring to. However, I suggest you to post your valuable feedback about Windows 10 in feedback app.

So, that it will be helpful for the developers to integrate the changes suggested by you. Open start menu , type Feedback app in search bar and click on feedback app to open it. Post your suggestions in feedback app. Details required : characters remaining Cancel Submit 16 people found this reply helpful.

Was this reply helpful? Yes No. Sorry this didn’t help. Thanks for your feedback. That is correct This isn’t satisfactory at all! This is completely unacceptable! Users expect to be able to switch things off You haven’t helped whatsoever I do have a choice – stop using Windows 10, as its a complete joke I was able to find a dialog box that allowed me to disable the touch pad “features” that are annoying to me, and enable a few that help prevent unwanted actions. Maybe this will help:. On the Mouse Properties dialog box, select the Advanced tab.

Click on the Advanced feature settings I have neuropathy, so most of the multi-finger gestures are useless, though I use Pinch Zoom. On the Touch Pad tab, the “Browser support function” results in unexpected, and uncontrollable simulated Back and Forward operations on Web pages. So turning that off was especially helpful to me. I enabled all of the options to disable touchpad events while typing.

I think software design should follow the path of least surprise. All the unwanted random events and surprising actions generated by the touch pad indicate rather poor judgment in my opinion. Hopefully this will help others suppress some of the surprises. Details required : characters remaining Cancel Submit 99 people found this reply helpful.

I found the dialog box that allows control of some of the touchpad behaviors. Maybe that will be helpful to you.