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
    2011-12-05T23:55:04+00:00

    Woo hoo!   Thanks!

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  2. Anonymous
    2012-02-14T23:06:59+00:00

    I make use of the feature where it resize windows to half screen when I drag to the right or left.

    The top of the screen is just useless and irritating. Is there anyway I keep it from maximizing when I drag to the top of the screen, while keeping the left/right edge feature intact? I am not opposed to whipping out a hex editor if I have to, but I'd prefer to limit this to the registry if possible.

    Thanks

    Big C

    P.S.

    This is amongst the massive list of annoyances keeping me from upgrading at home. And the windows 8 preview is making wonder if linux really is an option after all. My PC is not a phone, and I don't want to re-write every known piece of code to accommodate your recently ever-shifting underlying infrastructure.

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  3. Anonymous
    2012-04-19T13:14:33+00:00

    thank you for the info.  It worked perfectely.

      This is an VERY ANNOYING feature when you are working on multiple screens with multiple files

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  4. Anonymous
    2012-04-22T22:31:47+00:00

    Thank you so much, Ronnie. One more totally irritating thing I can mark off my huge list of things I absolutely HATE about WIn 7.

    I am being drug kicking & screaming from XP and I have seen nothing that I like about Win 7.

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