Windows expand to full screen -- how to turn off?

Question

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?

Answer 1

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

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Ronnie Vernon MVP

Answer 2

As a matter of interest, could Microsoft find a different term for the "windows" that are moved around the screen?  When I searched for expanding window or similar terms, this answer did not appear.  I found it by accident.

Answer 3

Thank YOU LOURD!!  / Ronnie V.   That did worked.

Answer 4

Thank lord. That is such an annoying feature!

Answer 5

indeed..., unfortunately that's not the only annoying feature ! It looked  like they got together bunch of smart kids and asked them to really think hard and come up with some useless annoying "tricks", well whatever happened, it was successful. Everything looks very modern (Macintosh like), but it's overdone. E.g. anytime I plug in USB stick, annoying message comes up. They should come up with some BASIC windows feature mode. It's like MS Office word, took me like 20 min. to find one of the most useful command

• "select all". Before they release these software, why they don't let it test by some normal ordinary humans.

Cheers