Charms Bar Hint - Enable or Disable in Windows 8

How to Enable or Disable Charms Hint Corners in Windows 8 and Windows 8.1​

   Information

This tutorial will show you how to enable or disable the Charms hint for when the pointer is moved to the upper or lower right corners of the display in only your user account in Windows 8, Windows RT, Windows 8.1, and Windows RT 8.1.


This does not disable the Charms Bar.

   Note

When you disable the Charms Bar hint in Windows 8, you will still be able to open the Charms Bar using any other method below.

How to Open the Charms Bar in Windows 8 and 8.1

EXAMPLE: Charms Bar Hint in Windows 8 and Windows 8.1

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OPTION ONE

Enable or Disable Charms Hint Hot Corners using a REG File

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1. Do step 2, 3, or 4 below for what you would like to do.​

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2. Disable Upper-right and Bottom-right Corners for Charms Hint in Windows 8 and 8.1​

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A) Click/tap on the Download button below to download the file below, and go to step 5 below.​

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Disable_TR_BR_Corners_charms_hint.reg​

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3. Disable Only Upper-right Corner for Charms Hint in Windows 8 and 8.1​

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A) Click/tap on the Download button below to download the file below, and go to step 5 below.​

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Disable_TR_Corner_charms_hint.reg​

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4. To Enable the Charms Hint Corners in Windows 8 and 8.1​

NOTE: This is the default setting, and will undo both step 2 and 3 above.​

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A) Click/tap on the Download button below to download the file below, and go to step 5 below.​

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Enable_charms_bar_hint.reg​

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5. Save the .reg file to your Desktop.​

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6. Double click/tap on the downloaded .reg file to merge it.​

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7. Click/tap on Run, Yes (UAC), Yes, and OK when prompted.​

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8. Sometimes you may need to restart explorer or sign out and in to apply.​

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9. When finished, you can delete the downloaded .reg file if you like.​

OPTION TWO

Enable or Disable Charms Hint Hot Corners in "Taskbar and Navigation properties"

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1. From your desktop, right click or press and hold on the taskbar, and click/tap on Properties. (see screenshot below)​

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2. In Taskbar and Navigation properties, click/tap on the Navigation tab, and do step 3 or 4 below for what you would like to do. (see screenshot below)​

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3. Enable Upper-right Corner for Charms Hint in Windows 8.1​

NOTE: This is the default setting.​

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A) Check the When I point to the upper-right corner, show the charms box, and click/tap on OK.​

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4. Disable Upper-right Corner for Charms Hint in Windows 8.1​

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A) Uncheck the When I point to the upper-right corner, show the charms box, and click/tap on OK.​

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OPTION THREE

Enable or Disable Charms Hint Top Right Corner in PC settings

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1. In Windows 8.1 or Windows RT 8.1, open PC settings, and click/tap on PC and devices on the left side. (see screenshot below)​

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2. Click/tap on Corners and edges on the left side of "PC and devices, then do step 3 or 4 below for what you would like to do. (see screenshot below step 5)​

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3. Enable Upper-right Corner for Charms Hint in Windows 8.1​

NOTE: This is the default setting.​

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A) Under Corner navigation on the right side, mode the When I point to the upper-right corner, show the charms slider to the right to turn it on, and go to step 5 below.​

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4. Disable Upper-right Corner for Charms Hint in Windows 8.1​

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A) Under Corner navigation on the right side, mode the When I point to the upper-right corner, show the charms slider to the left to turn it off, and go to step 5 below.​

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5. When finished, you can close PC settings if you like.​

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That's it,
Shawn

Related Tutorials

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• How to Open the Charms Bar in Windows 8
• How to Create a "Charms" Bar Shortcut in Windows 8
• Enable or Disable Switcher Top Left Hot Corner in Windows 8 and Windows 8.1
• How to Enable or Disable Touchpad Edge Swipes in Windows 8

 

[RJV]

Hi Brink

I have been using this reg file to Disable the Charms Bar hint for both top/bottom right corners and it was working well.

I have a new laptop, using an external USB Mouse and I installed this reg file and it is no longer working? The top corner is still disabled, but the bottom right corner still works?

I have the latest 8.1 Update 1 installed.

Thanks

 

[Brink]

Hello RJV,

Step 2 in Option One is still working for me in Windows 8.1 Update.

Sometimes you may need to sign out/in to apply, so you might try that if not already.

Just to make sure, this only disables the charms hint from showing from those corners. If you move the pointer in those corners and slide up/down, the Charms bar will still open.

Since this is a laptop, is this happening while using the touchpad. If so, then check to see if disabling edge swipes may help.

http://www.eightforums.com/tutorials/20992-touchpad-edge-swipes-enable-disable-windows-8-a.html​

Hope this helps for now.

 

[RJV]

Hi Brink

OK, my mistake.

I thought Step 2 disabled the BR corner even if you moved the cursor to that corner and then moved it Up?

On my old laptop I had this installed, but I never really moved the cursor to the BR corner. I just got used to keyboard shortcuts to display the Charms when needed.

Thanks for the info and all of the good work you do.

Best

 

[Brink]

You're most welcome mate.

 

[rwal99]

Finally got rid of the charms bar thing.

Getting rid of the uefi boot stuff, removing all partitions on my c drive and installing windows 7 ultimate did the trick.

 

[Brink]

LOL, yeah that should do it.

 

[visualzeit]

I too registered to this forum to say thank you!!!
BR,
Finally "charmless" win 8.1 user

 

[Brink]

I too registered to this forum to say thank you!!!
BR,
Finally "charmless" win 8.1 user

You're most welcome, and welcome to Eight Forums.

 

[lnjr]

I have my settings set as this information states to show the charms bar when is swipe from the upper right corner but all of a sudden my charms bar will not work unless I click the windows key +c. I have a desktop pc and use a mouse, but if I moved the mouse to the upper right corner the charms bar would appear for me ---- until earlier this week. Don't recall exactly which day it was that I noticed it wasn't working

Anyway, I have tried to disable the option to have it work, restarted the pc and then changed the setting again and it still will not work. I have tried this a few times over the past few days and been searching for some other solution but can't seen to find one

It isn't a big deal since I don't use it that often, but now it is driving me nuts because I can't figure out why it stopped working.

Any suggestions?

 

[Brink]

Hello lnjr,

Since this happened pretty recently, you could do a system restore using a restore point date when you believe it worked to hopefully sort it quickly for you.

http://www.eightforums.com/tutorials/4692-system-restore-how-do-windows-8-a.html

 

[lnjr]

That is what I was afraid of.

I am not sure exactly when it occurred but I am thinking it was somewhere around the same time that I installed MS Office 2016 earlier this week. (or when MS did the updates)

I just hate the thought of having to reinstall office 2016 again. Considering the fact that I don't really use it much and using the windows key shortcut brings it up, unless it is going to suddenly cause other issues I might just leave it alone - lol. I also did a complete image backup before installing office 2016 so if I do go that route I do have 2 options.

Thanks So Very Much

 

[Brink]

Injr,

If you like, this below is what the .reg file in OPTION ONE does. Double check the same path in the registry at the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE (HKLM) location to see if you may have the same values in red below there. If so, delete them, and restart the computer to see if that sorts it. You shouldn't have these at the HKLM location.

[[B]HKEY_CURRENT_USER[/B]\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\ImmersiveShell\EdgeUI]
"[COLOR=#ff0000][B]DisableCharmsHint[/B][/COLOR]"=-
"[COLOR=#ff0000][B]DisableTRCorner[/B][/COLOR]"=dword:00000000

 

[lnjr]

Sorry for the delay, been really busy and simply have not had a chance to be online much.

Anyway, I went to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\ImmersiveShell and the only thing listed there is
(default) REG_SZ value not set (there is no folder for EdgeUI)

I then went to [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\ImmersiveShell\EdgeUI]
and there is
(Default) REG_SZ (value not set)
DisableTLCorner REG_DWORD 0x000000000(0)
DisableTRCorner REG_DWORD 0x000000000(0)


There is not entry saying disable charms hint in my registry

 

[Brink]

Injr,

Did you also verify that it's enabled using all the other options in the tutorial?

 

[lnjr]

I have gone to the taskbar, right clicked and selected properties and made sure that there was a check mark in both the When I point to the upper right corner, show the charms bar as well as there is a check mark in the next one that states that when I point to the left upper corner to switch between my recent apps.

I have even removed the check mark, rebooted the pc, placed the check mark back in there, rebooted the pc but the charms do not show when my mouse is at the upper right corner any more.


I have done the steps from the third option and made sure the the corner navigation is set to one. Have also tried turning it off and then back on but that did not help either.

I did download the .reg file to enable it again - but I was sort of leery about messing with the registry. The only other thing I could think of was the fact that my registry entry does not state Disable Charms Hint and maybe that somehow has something to do with it.

I will try running that .reg download and restart my pc and see if that resolves the issue and get back to you. Thanks so Very Much.

I have not tried any pc repair tools.

 

[Brink]

Ok. Please let us know how it went.

 

[lnjr]

I tried running the disable .reg file and then running the enable .reg file and the darn charms bar will not appear unless I use the windows and c key to get them to appear. I then tried right clicking on the EdgeUI, pointed to new and selected DWORD Value and named it DisableCharmsHint. I then double clicked the DisableCharmsHint and typed 0 in the value data > clicked okay and then closes the registry but that did not help either.

I am at a loss as to when exactly it stopped working but I am fairly certain it was working before I installed Office 2016 (since I don't use the charms bar much) and it really isn't a big deal since I can still access it by using the windows and c keys, but it would just be nice to know exactly why it suddenly stopped working about the first of the month.

Thanks.

 

[Brink]

I must admit that I'm at a loss as to why your Charms bar won't open using that method either.

 

[lnjr]

I was at a total loss as to why is suddenly was not working as well. In fact I kept trying to think of what I might have installed between the last time I remember using it and when I realized it wasn't working and besides uninstalling Office 2003 and installing MS Office 2016 I could not come up with a single thing. Although I did recall thinking that it happened right after my 1 year support for the computer ran out.

Anyway, I turned on the computer this morning and it is working again. It was really just a matter of knowing why it wasn't working since I rarely use the charms bar at all. But it is working again. Thanks for all the help and assistance.

 

[Brink]

I'm happy to hear that it's working again though.