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I love the left and right half screen snaps, but the top of the screen maximize snap is just annoying. Is there anyway to selectively disable that one?
Related question: Is there any way to customize the Windows 7 snap feature?
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I love the left and right half screen snaps, but the top of the screen maximize snap is just annoying. Is there anyway to selectively disable that one?
Related question: Is there any way to customize the Windows 7 snap feature?
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You cannot, Dan.
I do agree however that the "maximize" snap has got in the way a few times with my usual window dragging and such operations.
I can't seem to be able to locate it right now (which is a shame, since I would like to provide you with the link). But the "maximize" Aero-Snap feature has already been criticized by more than a handful of users across TechNet and MSDN forums. It's very likely Microsoft will introduce changes to this. At best allow for selective Aero-Snap features, which is something that has also been asked for other reasons.
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EDIT: For Clarity; As already mentioned, it is not possible to do exactly as you asked; to disable all features, you can take the following steps. Sometimes I find myself more annoyed by the "helper" that I don't want than enchanted by those I do. As such, here are instructions to disable the whole she-bang.
Prevent windows from being automatically arranged when moved to the edge of the screen
Note, there seems to be some debate as to whether the hotkeys such as [WIN]+[UP]
, [WIN]+[DN]
still work, and I am not running Windows 7 at the moment, so if you could post in reply as to whether or not they remain functional after disabling this feature, I/we would be very much obliged.
2This will disable all of Aero-Snap. Not what the user wanted. – A Dwarf – 2009-11-11T16:36:08.690
What's really annoying about this control panel option is that it also prevents the shortcut keys (Windows key and up/down, left, right arrows) from working. (on the RTM version I am running, at least. There were some changes to Aero snap along the way I think, so maybe non-RTM does not suffer from this) So if someone has difficulty controlling the mouse, but is perfectly OK with the keyboard, tough. You can have both or neither, but not choose to keep part of the functionality, it seems. – AdamV – 2009-11-11T17:22:06.303
how about in 8.1? maximize snap drives me nuts, I'm too much of a clutz triggering it all the time - however, strangely I never accidentally trigger the side horizontal ones. – Mikey – 2014-11-18T08:12:55.297
Disabling mouse snap disables keyboard snap too - a very YOU DON'T LIKE IT FINE response from MSFT. – bobobobo – 2011-07-25T18:11:05.963
False. See Dereleased's answer for the Control Panel setting to change. – Ben S – 2009-11-11T16:16:45.733
4sigh That setting will disable all of Aero-Snap features. That's not what the poster intended. He asked specifically for the Maximize option. Maybe if you read the questions and answers better... – A Dwarf – 2009-11-11T16:35:31.937
1Thanks. The answer is unfortunate, but at least I know I'm not the only one annoyed. Hopefully it will be fixed soon. – Dan Hook – 2009-11-11T18:06:13.627