Disable new gestures in Windows 10

Solution 1:

I wondered this very thing.. even more annoying was the start menu allowed for a series of menu options when you type "gesture" but then takes you to a screen that doesn't show the option you requested.

I am using a Synaptics device, so the following instructions apply for that:

To control the gestures you need to

1. 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".

2. 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.

Solution 2:

Many cheap laptop touchpads don't have a driver like Alps or Synaptics, but use the generic HID-mouse. In Windows 10, there is a flaw that this device does not display any touch settings in the Control Panel (thinking it is a regular mouse), but the special gestures are nevertheless processed by the system. Since many of these touchpads are small anyway, there are a lot of nuisance gestures that cannot be disabled.

To solve the problem, you need to edit the following registry key:

Computer\HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\PrecisionTouchPad

It contains many DWORD values with touchpad options. I was just worried about the EdgeSwipe that minimized all windows, so I changed the key EnableEdgy from 1 to 0. There are other keys for FourFingerDown, ZoomEnabled, Taps, etc.

The settings take effect immediately, so you can change and see right away if it helps.

Solution 3:

So after searching for a while I finally found the 'enable' / disable gestures option. After going into additional mouse options device settings tab under Tray icon there are 3 check boxes. I selected static tray icon in task bar. Then right clicking on the icon in taskbar brought up the enable gestures option. Weird that I could only find it this way and not where all the other touchpad options are.