

Some Apps can’t be deleted so you’ll have to click disable. If you want to do this just point to the Metro App then right click your mouse and select delete. Now move down to “Disable Active Corner” and click the “All” option this will get rid the METRO Start Screen and the right/side Charm popup.Īs a side note, I removed/deleted as many of the Metro apps before installing Classic Start Menu. Then Click “All Settings” and click the “Windows 8 Settings” tab, put a check mark next to “Skip Metro Screen” option. Select the start menu you like best(Windows Classic, Windows XP, Windows Vista/Windows 7). install “Classic Start Menu 3.6.7”, it’s a free app from. If you dislike Windows 8 Metro and want to return to using the old standard “DESKTOP”. Step 2: Copy the following registry code in Notepad and then save the file as Touch.reg file. Step 1: Before starting the actual procedure, we suggest you create a manual system restore point as we are going to edit the Registry. To disable touchpad gestures in Windows 8

NOTE: If you are on Windows 10, please refer to how to turn on or off touchpad gestures in Windows 10 guide. Please note that this guide is only for notebooks/netbooks using Synaptics touchpad. In this guide, we are going to show you how to disable swiping from the top, swiping from the left, and swiping from the right gestures in Windows 8 on a notebook. But there are some users who really don’t like these touchpad gestures and want to disable them.

These touchpad gestures are really helpful for users who don’t like to use keyboard shortcuts.
