How to disable split screen in windows 8/8.1

Anonymous
2013-08-14T22:08:11+00:00

Hello all,

I run several computer labs and we are about to introduce a boat load of windows 8 machines. The split screen mode allows a unique method for getting around our pc management system.  Does anyone know a way to turn off the split screen feature?

Thanks

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  1. Anonymous
    2017-03-22T17:12:43+00:00

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  2. Anonymous
    2017-03-22T17:09:28+00:00

    Did you, or anyone else, ever resolve this? This [what's left over after digestion] happens to me too frequently, the side effect being that all my desktop apps are shoved to one side of the screen and not restored to original locations when I kill the splitter.

    btw, I'm sorry for you frustration, but [the thing that beavers build] I'm glad when I see this stuff happens to other posters. I'm on the autism spectrum, so I'm not sure if you were being trolled by a particular person who kept replying off topic, or if it's an issue with his command of English. His replies are so ridiculously off base, they fail the Turing test.

    Assuming the people in the lab are not admins on the machines they are using, one thing I would look for is a Group Policy Object that blocks this misfeature, or that blocks altogether that screen with the tiles that I despise and am thankful it went away in Windows 10 (for the sake of my clients; I'm still in Windows 8.1, arrrrrrgh).

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  3. Anonymous
    2016-10-05T14:48:34+00:00

    Hello all,

    I run several computer labs and we are about to introduce a boat load of windows 8 machines. The split screen mode allows a unique method for getting around our pc management system.  Does anyone know a way to turn off the split screen feature?

    Thanks

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  4. Anonymous
    2016-09-28T01:38:52+00:00

    This was the trick.. I t turns out when  I got the latest wind 10 update it reverted my default browser back to edge. I had been with google as my default browser before and had not noticed the browser change.  Now the split screen is gone. Thank you RogerLee42.

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  5. Anonymous
    2015-11-12T22:25:13+00:00

    The last item, which I starred, does not exist anywhere on that screen. Where do you see this? Thank you.

    my current work-around for this annoying issue

    go to control panel

    go to internet options

    go to programs tab

    under opening internet explorer choose 'always in ie on the desktop'

    ***keep ie full screen on the desktop but minimized to the task bar when not in use

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