Saturday, February 25, 2023

My Swipe Gesture Opens New Desktop Blue Screen

 My computer started doing something weird. Sometimes when I would move the mouse quickly then my work would disappear and the whole screen was a blue background with light blue boxes. I do not need this feature. There are some help screens which directed me to change some mouse settings, I put those links at the end of this post far below.

.The mouse had become too sensitive, I must have hurt his feelings somehow.

Perhaps he is jealous of the touchpad.

Quite by accident I happened to right click on the Taskbar and a menu popped up. I Clicked "Taskbar Settings" way down at the bottom of the menu, and found "Use Peek to preview the desktop.."  I turned this feature OFF and the computer works OK again. There has been no return of the extra blue desktop.


( use peek to see the desk top.png )

If you search for "swiping mouse shows desktop not wanted" the result is answers.microsoft.com, en-us, windows, forum, all, how-can-I-disable-the-annoying-swipe-gesture

These suggestions were somewhat helpful, though the annoying blue screen would still pop up from time to time.

Go to the "Settings" screen and select "Devices", "Mouse & Touchpad", "Additional Mouse Settings" then uncheck "Enhance Pointer Precision" click "Apply"


uncheck Enhance Pointer Precision.png )

Go to the control panel and select "Mouse". 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.

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