How do I disable split screen for opening links?

Anonymous
2013-10-21T19:00:24+00:00

I am running Win 8.1 on a TABLET.  I have about 9 inches of screen real estate to work with.

If I click a link in, say, the Mail app, it will launch IE in 50/50 mode with the existing mail app (which then rearranges itself to only show the single message I was looking at).

This is not at all helpful.  This gives me a four inch web browser, which isn't big enough to see clearly at all.  The controls are all too close together to operate by touch, etc.  I am then forced to manually drag to expand the IE window to full screen.  Unfortunately, the control to do this is also rather small, and I usually miss the first two times.  It typically takes me about 10-15 seconds between clicking a link in email and being able to read the corresponding web page.

Windows 8 handled this correctly.  I would like to revert to the behavior of always opening apps in full screen mode.  How can I accomplish this?

I know it should be possible.  If I hold the tablet in portrait mode, the annoying split window thing does not happen.  (It's not natural for me to hold it this way all the time.)

Is there a registry setting or something for "Always open new apps in full screen mode"?

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  1. Anonymous
    2016-07-08T16:05:09+00:00

    This helps, I rarely use snap view on my tablet anyways, thanks. Still not a fix but a decent workaround.

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  2. Anonymous
    2016-07-08T16:02:49+00:00

    This doesn't disable Snap View at all and we're talking about modern/metro apps snap view. Why is there so many rubbish links with "solutions" online? It's terrible.

    Snap View is the default behavior in 8.1. It sucks. It could easily be an option but I think Microsoft has decided to completely give up on everything but Windows 10.

    I wish they would still support their previous OS and incrementally change it for people who like it but I guess that's bad business.

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  3. Anonymous
    2016-07-08T15:22:45+00:00

    See if this tutorial helps: http://www.dummies.com/how-to/content/snap-two-or-more-windows-81-apps-to-display-them.html

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    A quick swipe from the left replaces one app with another. A slow swipe splits the screen

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    In my case swipe from the left opens the App Switcher.   Related to this supposedly somehow in MUF IE a swipe somewhere near (?) the left will alternatively give us a Back gesture.  That is seldom reliable either--more random appearance of the App Switcher.  There should be training/tuning dialogs for both--the same way that they are available for Flicks--which I have never been able to master either--even with the "training/tuning".   ; }

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  4. Anonymous
    2016-07-08T12:47:53+00:00

    You can disable Snap View permanently if you wish, instructions here: http://www.technorms.com/33660/how-to-disable-the-windows-snap-feature

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  5. Anonymous
    2016-07-08T12:17:31+00:00

    I actually just realized you can go out of tablet mode and it will open in a fullscreen window too. Also not ideal as I like tablet Mode for a tablet obviously but I may just stop using tablet mode.

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