If you're not already familiar with the Start screen and the new-style full-screen apps of Windows 8 and how they significantly change your experience with a Windows-based desktop or laptop computer, please read the article about User Interface Changes in Microsoft Windows 8 before this one. But, we'll leave this article up for those who are stuck with a Windows 8 desktop or laptop, or anyone who has an academic interest in user interface design. It resolved everything we complained about in this article. Save, close, double-click the file, restart your system.Why Windows 8 is So Annoying on Non-Tablet Computers Create a file UnCharm.reg with the following contents: I have no test tablet machine, You can check if the reply qurhadnc replied on in following thread can be helpful. I don't think there is any way to disable bottom-screen swip gesture. I'm fine with pretty much any solution - obscure setting tweak, registry/group policy hacks, patching binaries with debug.exe. I've already disabled all the edge gestures for the track pad on the keyboard dock. Note that this is NOT for a track pad or mouse, it's for the touch screen on my tablet. So, is there some way to disable the bottom edge swipe gesture on a tablet screen? I'd be fine with either disabling it entirely, or just when the touch keyboard is open. If I go back to the address bar, anything I've entered is gone, and I have to retype it all (and probably draw the ire of the bottom-screen swipe gesture again).

This closes the keyboard and address bar, and opens the tab switcher in

So if I'm entering a multi-word search into IE's address bar (like 'windows 8ĭisable touch screen swipe gesture'), there is a very high probability that at least one of those taps on the space bar will be misinterpreted as a swipe up from the bottom edge.

On all the Win 8 tablets I've used, the bottom-screen swipe gesture, which, for example, opens the tab bar in IE, is still available even while the touch keyboard is open.

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