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The charms bar is a UI element in recent versions of Microsoft Windows which allows access to commonly used actions.

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What is the Charms Bar?

I've seen a number of references to the "Charms Bar" in discussion about Windows 8. What is it, and how is it accessed?
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Windows 8.1 search charm slow, with explorer.exe CPU usage at 100%

Since upgrading to Windows 8.1 this weekend, the Search feature became pretty useless. When I start typing, it sends my CPU usage to 100% (Task Manager shows Windows Explorer as the main offender), and results are pretty slow. The funny thing is, I…
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How can I disable the Windows 8 charms bar?

Can someone please tell me how to disable the annoying effect that pops up when you drag cursor to top- or bottom-right corners?
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Is it possible to add new items to the Charms Bar?

If you press Windows + C in Windows 8, you will get the new UI element called the Charms Bar. It contains some useful links for sharing and searching: If you want to customize it, searching on internet will probably lead you to a third-party…
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Disable Charm bar's Touchpad gesture shortcut

I'm using an Acer AO722 laptop. Everytime I slide my finger from the right edge of the touchpad (where the slider is) toward the center (mostly accidentally), the charmbar pops up and stays on the screen until I manually click on some random spots…
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Customize Windows 8 Charm Bar

Possible Duplicate: Is it possible to add new items to the Charms Bar? Is there a way to customize the Charm Bar in Windows 8? For example, I want to add shortcut for quicker access to folder/application, and/or remove the Share and Devices…
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Disabling charms bar in windows 8.1 for touchscreens

I am setting up a computer with a 42" touch-screen for public presentation of life-sensor data. I disabled all hot corners in the pc settings and also in the properties window of the task bar, I disabled "When I point to the upper-right corner…
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Turn off Windows 8 mouse/screen shortcuts

I recently installed Windows 8, and yesterday I tried playing some games on it. The games were running smooth, but every time my mouse cursor ( in-game ) was anywhere near the top left or bottom left corner, and if I then clicked the mouse, then…
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Disable time/date pop up when scrolling

Recently installed Win 8. Sometimes on laptop, I will scroll left using touch pad, and the time/date box pops up on lower left. Have to click out of it to continue scrolling. Not sure what I am doing that activates that feature, but how do I disable…
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How can I make a local USB audio device function as a "play-to" device supported by windows 8?

As a followup to this question: How do I use different audio devices for different apps in Windows 8? I can play music from the XBox Music app on a different computer or network speakers via the devices charm in windows 8, but different audio…
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How to go back one step in the Share charm with keyboard?

Let's say I'm in the Reader app and I want to share the currently read PDF file. So I: Open the Charms bar Choose the Share charm Choose Mail as the app I want to share with. Then I realise I made a mistake and want to go back to the list of…
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What is share charm in Windows 8 used for?

I know that the Share charm provides a front-end to the new system-wide Share contract, which lets two Metro-style apps share information. What are some specific examples of Metro apps using the share contract?
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Why does the Charms sidebar keep appearing on my Windows 8 laptop when my mouse pointer is nowhere near the corners?

I bought a brand new Dell Inspiron laptop running Windows 8. This has a mouse touchpad, not a touchscreen. When we are using the laptop and are moving the mouse around, the Windows Charms sidebar will often pop up unexpectedly and interfere with our…
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Disable Windows 8 Charms Bar top-right reveal corner

Possible Duplicate: Possible to change Windows 8 “Hot Corners” Is it possible to set the reveal mode of Windows 8 Charms Bar to show only after pointing the mouse at the bottom-right screen corner - thus disable the top-right reveal corner? It is…
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Disabling the Win+C hotkey for the Charms Bar in Win 8

I am trying to turn off the hotkey for the Charms Bar (Win+C) in Windows 8. Is there a registry entry to do this or some other way? I want to be able to use that hotkey for something else. Any ideas? Thanks, Niels
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