Disable swipe on synaptics touchpad in Windows 8

2013/01/28

If you’re using a touchpad on a laptop, like me with some fat fingers, the swip action is actually quite intrusive.  you can turn if off with the following

Disable swipe on Trackpad

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00  [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Synaptics\SynTPEnh\ZoneConfig\TouchPadPS2\Right Edge Pull]  "ActionType"=dword:00000000  [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Synaptics\SynTPEnh\ZoneConfig\TouchPadPS2\Left Edge Pull]  "ActionType"=dword:00000000  [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Synaptics\SynTPEnh\ZoneConfig\TouchPadPS2\Right Edge Pull Extended Zone]  "ActionType"=dword:00000000  [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Synaptics\SynTPEnh\ZoneConfig\TouchPadPS2\Top Edge Pull]  "ActionType"=dword:00000000

 Re-enable:

   Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Synaptics\SynTPEnh\ZoneConfig\TouchPadPS2\Right Edge Pull] "ActionType"=dword:00000002 [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Synaptics\SynTPEnh\ZoneConfig\TouchPadPS2\Left Edge Pull] "ActionType"=dword:00000002 [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Synaptics\SynTPEnh\ZoneConfig\TouchPadPS2\Right Edge Pull Extended Zone] "ActionType"=dword:00000002 [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Synaptics\SynTPEnh\ZoneConfig\TouchPadPS2\Top Edge Pull] "ActionType"=dword:00000002

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