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

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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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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?

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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Anonymous

2016-10-28T00:59:14+00:00

Unfortunately, this function has been REMOVED in Windows10!

Settings > Ease of Access > Mouse - No option to disable Windows default resizing.

Strange. We needed fullscreen when we had small low-res monitors, not now. Now we have THREE options to go fullscreen but we can't disable any of them!
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Anonymous

2016-09-02T02:03:31+00:00

Checking the box in the mouse section did not stop my screen from automatically going to full screen. Please help. This is extremely annoying.
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Anonymous

2016-08-02T16:04:35+00:00

hi I need to undo full screen how help
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Anonymous

2016-08-02T00:04:51+00:00

awesome thanks so much this is the most annoying thing windows has ever done. Thanks for the help and the easy and quick way to turn off this annoyance
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