No, if you're using a new Windows 8 laptop PC, that app switching gesture happens when you drag your finger from the left side of the touchpad inward, do it from the right, the Charms bar appears. Do it from the top or bottom, the app command bar appears. Those are four of seven touch gestures Windows 8 enables on touchpads such as yours.
Windows 8 isn't horribly designed, one must figure it out first with some amount of knowledge before hand.
Best advice to give, don't move the pointer around from the far left edge of the touch pad. If it does annoy you to no extent, open the Charms bar
winkey: and C, or swipe in from the right), hit Settings, then PC Settings, then hit General and you'll find the option of When I swipe from the left edge, switch directly to my most recent app. Or, you can just turn off app switching in general to fully disable it. Disabling the recent app switch will just open the app bar so you can click on whatever.
It strikes me as that you need some help with Windows 8. I suggest to ask questions. We're friendly, we won't bite.