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Can't disable edge swipe Windows 10
My laptop is the following model:
Inspiron 15R SE 7520
I've trying for days now to disable the edge swipe function. There is no option within the Dell driver to actually disable it. I can disable certain multifinger gesture but no onefinger gestures! I have the latest 15.3.0.14 driver installed atm. Can someone help me?
Greets,
Anonymous
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November 11th, 2015 05:00
Hi,
Thank you for writing to us!
Kindly follow the steps below :
OR
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henk21
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November 11th, 2015 06:00
When I go to ' Mouse Properties' , there is no ' Device Settings' tab. There also isn't any settings button that I can click on. Furthermore, there is no box that I can (un)check for Edge Swipe. There also is no UltraNav tab because my touchpad is an Elantech touchpad and not a Synaptics Touchpad. THe only thing I can find in ' Mouse Properties', is a link to the ' Dell Pointing Devices Software' . The Dell Pointing Devices Software does have a ' Gestures' tab in which I can enable or disable some two finger and multifinger gestures. However, there is no onefinger gestures option to be found :(.
Do you have any ideas how I can fix it?
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November 16th, 2015 05:00
Hi,
Thank you for your reply .
Kindly let us know which version of operating system is being used.
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henk21
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November 16th, 2015 06:00
I'm using Windows 10 Home 64 bit
Anonymous
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November 23rd, 2015 02:00
Hi,
To control the gestures you need to
Go to the "Devices" bit under the new "Settings" screen and select "Mouse & Touchpad" then at the bottom is "Additional mouse options".
OR
Go to the control panel and select "Mouse".
When you select that you will get a tab for "Device Settings", select the "Synaptics TouchPad" then click "Settings", this will show you all of the gestures and allow you to turn them on or off.
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henk21
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November 25th, 2015 15:00
My Inspiron 15R SE has an Elantech touchpad and not a Synaptics Touchpad. In my case, clicking on settings brings up the " Dell Touchpad" menu. This menu does have some options for multifinger gestures but no options for onefinger gestures. By not having onefinger gestures, I also don't have the option to actually disable Edge Swipe
henk21
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January 4th, 2016 04:00
Is there anything else I can do to fix my problem?
jerryboomerwang
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April 8th, 2016 16:00
I have this same issue on my Surface Pro 4. I want to disable Edge Swipes (especially from the left side, being left-handed) because it's constantly interfering with the work I do (I draw on my computer). So far, it seems that Microsoft does not allow the Edge Swipes to be disabled. :(
jerryboomerwang
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April 8th, 2016 21:00
Hello, I found a solution that works for me! I'm using a Surface Pro 4 Windows 10 so I don't know if it'll work on other machines, but I had to download the third-party software "Skip Metro Suite".
Where I read about it, they said they had tried it for Surface Pro 3 and it worked after tweaking some settings. For my Surface Pro 4 (Win 10) I just rebooted after installing the software, and I did not need to open the software or touch any settings.
Now, the annoying Edge Swipes seem to be disabled, but my touchscreen still works. Hooray, fantastic! I hope this works for anyone that reads this!