Windows expand to full screen -- how to turn off?

Anonymous
2010-05-06T20:11:51+00:00

In Win 7, when I move a window near the edge of the screen, the window expands to full screen.  How do I turn off this feature?

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Anonymous
2010-05-06T23:34:34+00:00

In Win 7, when I move a window near the edge of the screen, the window expands to full screen.  How do I turn off this feature?

Hi

When you move a window near the edge of the screen, the action that initiates the Aero Snap feature is when the mouse pointer contacts the edge of the screen. You can disable this feature.

Open Control Panel / Ease of Access Center / Make the Mouse easier to use.

Place a check mark in the Prevent Windows from being automatically arranged when moved to the edge of the screen option.

Apply/OK.

Hope this helps.

Thank You for using Windows 7

Ronnie Vernon MVP

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  1. Anonymous
    2013-10-24T15:14:58+00:00

    Thank you! Really annoying feature!

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  2. Anonymous
    2013-09-07T15:23:35+00:00

    In Win 7, when I move a window near the edge of the screen, the window expands to full screen.  How do I turn off this feature?

    Hi

    When you move a window near the edge of the screen, the action that initiates the Aero Snap feature is when the mouse pointer contacts the edge of the screen. You can disable this feature.

    Open Control Panel / Ease of Access Center / Make the Mouse easier to use.

    Place a check mark in the Prevent Windows from being automatically arranged when moved to the edge of the screen option.

    Apply/OK.

    Hope this helps.

    Thank You for using Windows 7

    Ronnie Vernon MVP

     

    Alas I did this but it did not help.  This just recently started happening.  When I open *any* app, if I want to move the app to the center of the screen (because I have a huge monitor), I grab the window with my mouse and immediately this red line border around the edge of my screen pops up - as soon as that happens, I know I'm doomed - as soon as l let go of the mouse, the app will go full screen.  And after that, there is no way to make it go back to being a normal window.

    I read in some other thread that hitting F11 works for that, but it does *not* work for me.  This happens when I open Word, am trying to type an email and want to move the window a little so I can see some other information, etc.  And it is not just Microsoft programs that it does this with - it does it with anything.  I am trying to determine if this was some Windows "not-fix" or a Dell monitor "not-fix."  I am running the Dell 2340T monitor on a Dell 15R laptop running Windows 8.

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  3. Anonymous
    2013-08-28T15:01:05+00:00

    RusBurgess - when that clipboard thingy pops up, click it. The bottom entry, in Word2007, is something like change paste options. Select that. You will be taken to Word's> Word Options> Advanced> and uncheck Show Paste Options Button. (Sorry, I just turned mine off so now it doesn't show up for me to give you the exact words that appear.)

    Something similar show exist for other versions of Word too.

    Yes, this should be posted in the Word or Office forums, not here.

          Phil

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  4. Anonymous
    2013-08-22T14:33:13+00:00

    Doesn't work on windows 8.

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