Solved Can't get rid of charms and clock on 8.1; tried everything

[Penrose55]

Okay, it's now getting hopeless. Maybe I'll just totally revert to Linux until Windows 9 which I hear is supposed to fix this crap. I went to the Synaptics website and downloaded what appeared to be the correct driver, but when I tried to install it, it failed. Synaptics recommends that users download drivers from their computer manufacturer's site and not theirs. So I went back to the Asus website and again confirmed that no other driver seems applicable to this particular ASUS model (U56E). While I might be misunderstanding things, I'm getting weary and it appears that Windows 8.1 has beaten me. Grrr...

 

[quimnuss]

Maybe I'm necromancing the post, but this was useful for me to fix this annoying issue:

Make a backup of HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Synaptics\SynTPEnh\PlugInConfig\Defaults\CustomZones and all sub-keys, then delete it. Tested under Win8.1 using Synaptics v17.0.15 drivers (Razer not generic) and v18

to edit the registry, run regedit

 

[Penrose55]

It WORKED!! THANK YOU!!

After all these months SUCCESS. quimnuss I owe you! THANK YOU.

 

[quimnuss]

Not my finding, but I am glad I helped someone I was getting so very frustrated too!