How do you turn off Fullscreen mode in Windows 8?

Anonymous
2013-01-25T16:30:06+00:00

Despite all of the annoyances of Windows 8, I must say, the random "switching to fullscreen mode" is the most aggravating. . I thought I turned off full screen mode, but it keeps doing that fullscreen.... thing. It's done it -at least- 5 times while I typed this.

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  1. Anonymous
    2013-01-26T06:37:26+00:00

    Hi,

    Thank you for posting your query in Microsoft Community. 

    From your issue description I understand that, all the apps are opening in full screen mode. If I am wrong, please let me know.

    All the apps will open in full screen mode it is by design and we cannot turn it off. It is the main feature of Windows 8, and it is also called as modern Interface.

    http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/explore-windows-8.aspx

    Hope this helps. If the issue persists or any Windows related queries or issues related to Windows Operating system, please get back to us. We are here to assist you.

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  2. Anonymous
    2013-01-26T18:04:21+00:00

    That's not what I meant. I mean when you move your finger around and it randomly gets big. There's this tiny box that says : "You've gone fullscreen, Exit Full screen (F11).  How do I stop Windows 8 from doing that at random?

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  3. Anonymous
    2013-01-28T14:59:20+00:00

    I have this same issue and also would LOVE to hear what the fix is to disable this feature.  Thanks!

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  4. Anonymous
    2013-02-13T23:09:06+00:00

    are you serious that someone actually thinks locking my display in full screen is a feature? It is an amazingly serious design flaw. I NEVER NEVER NEVER do anything full screen - that way I can move all of my windows around at will and reference as many of them as I need. my PDF in a small window, my ppt the same. three shrunk explorer windows, all serving as source documents for the word document I am creating. But now I have to have that PDF doc full screen, which means I simply cannot do what I want?

    Microsoft needs to fix this seriously glaring judgment error and restore usability to the users - the way users actually want to use their computers.

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  5. Anonymous
    2013-03-05T14:05:23+00:00

    I have this same annoying issue. It's driving me nuts. It's only when I'm using a web browser that it happens. 

    Come on Microsoft and Support Engineer. Give us a fix please.

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