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Stopping SNAP and getting my full screen BACK all the time, not having to fix this idiot every single time I do something on my laptop

Anonymous
2019-01-28T14:21:58+00:00

SNAP and MutliTasking Problem, Impossible to Disable

The directions to Stop SNAP windows do not work.  I have done it about a million times and it's going to make me leave Microsoft after 40 years of using Windows.  I hate what you have done.  Not everyone is wanting to use 3 displays, some of us use small laptops for work and just want one thing on the screen at one time.  We want usability, not display real estate.

Multi-tasking is a waste of time and a waste of energy.  Human organization studies show it's over rated and ineffectual to workers, so WHY does Microsoft insist on programming Windows, especially Windows 10 to make it do it?

Useless on a small screen.  Please send instructions to how to make this work or print the damn things right up front on one of your support pages.  Your design of your support pages, also needs a usability review.  They totally are way too broad, it is impossible to find an answer quickly.  Your help agents are reading right off the support page too, so it's a waste of time to contact one of your support team

T-Mobile gives their paying customers a much better support infrastructure than Microsoft.

How do I stop SNAP permanently?

How do I combine that and STOP Permanently Multi-Tasking?

Frustrated in Virginia, Michele

Windows for home | Windows 10 | Accessibility

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  1. Anonymous
    2019-01-28T15:13:21+00:00

    Hi!

    Welcome to our community.

    This is Leocadia, independent community expert, and I am glad to assist you today.

    Sorry to hear about this inconvenience. We would like to help you promptly.

    To turn off the snap feature just do the following.

    1. Navigate to Settings, System and then Multitasking.
    2. Adjust the settings in the Snap window as you see fit. Disable them all to turn off all snap features.
    3. Close Settings.

    Or:

    You can also make this change in the registry if you would prefer.

    1. Type or paste ‘regedit’ into the Search Windows box.
    2. Navigate to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop.
    3. Turn WindowArrangementActive to 0 to disable the snap feature on Windows 10.
    4. Switch it back to 1 should you wish to re-enable snap.

    Or,

    Click Start and then click the cog icon (or just hit Windows+I) to open Settings.

    In the Settings window, click the “System” category.

    In the System Settings window, click the “Multitasking” tab over on the left. On the right, you’ll see several options in the “Snap” section. You can use those to turn off different aspects of the Snap feature, like whether dragging windows snaps them at all and whether snapped windows resize to fill available space.

    If you only want to disable Snap Assist, turn off the “When I snap a window, show what I can snap next to it” option.

    That’s all there is to it. If you find that life without Snap Assist isn’t all it’s cracked up to be, return to the Multitasking settings and turn it back on.

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  2. Anonymous
    2019-01-28T15:36:34+00:00

    I am really glad to hear that.

    I hope you are not frustrated anymore, but only in Virginia.

    Get back to us at anytime if you need further assistance.

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  3. Anonymous
    2019-01-28T15:34:20+00:00

    Hi!

    Welcome to our community.

    This is Leocadia, independent community expert, and I am glad to assist you today.

    Sorry to hear about this inconvenience. We would like to help you promptly.

    To turn off the snap feature just do the following.

    1. Navigate to Settings, System and then Multitasking.
    2. Adjust the settings in the Snap window as you see fit. Disable them all to turn off all snap features.
    3. Close Settings.

    Or:

    You can also make this change in the registry if you would prefer.

    1. Type or paste ‘regedit’ into the Search Windows box.
    2. Navigate to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop.
    3. Turn WindowArrangementActive to 0 to disable the snap feature on Windows 10.
    4. Switch it back to 1 should you wish to re-enable snap.

    Or,

    Click Start and then click the cog icon (or just hit Windows+I) to open Settings.

    In the Settings window, click the “System” category.

    In the System Settings window, click the “Multitasking” tab over on the left. On the right, you’ll see several options in the “Snap” section. You can use those to turn off different aspects of the Snap feature, like whether dragging windows snaps them at all and whether snapped windows resize to fill available space.

    If you only want to disable Snap Assist, turn off the “When I snap a window, show what I can snap next to it” option.

    That’s all there is to it. If you find that life without Snap Assist isn’t all it’s cracked up to be, return to the Multitasking settings and turn it back on.

    Thank you so much for the registry changes, I really appreciate those!!!

    Michele Saranovich, Virginia

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