Turn On or Off Snap Windows in Windows 10

Soszy · 16 Aug 2016

I have win 10 PRO. These problems all started after I had my windows updated with anniversary pack.. I'm not in mood to reinstall whole thing...

Brink · 03 Mar 2019

Tutorial updated.

Groover · 09 Jan 2020

I had been unable to disable window snapping on my #2 computer after upgrade to Windows10. Tried everything, trawled the internet. #1 workstation just fine. Early this morning I noticed that for #2 I had HP Display Assistant installed, never used it since buying the monitors and it was never an issue under Win7. Uninstalled it and windows snapping went away. If all the usual windows solutions don't work look for a third party piece of software that may be the problem.

ch3mn3y · 31 Jan 2020

Any way to mod it? I use three display i Eyefinity and would love to have a way to autoadjust windows to the size of one of the monitors (1/3 of the whole displayed area) not to the half of the are (1 1/2 of the monitors).

dauser · 27 Jan 2021

When I look at the .reg files, they don't actually seem to be creating a "DWORD" value for
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop]
"WindowArrangementActive"="1"

Per:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop

WindowArrangementActive DWORD

0 = Off
1 = On

Brink · 27 Jan 2021

dauser said:

When I look at the .reg files, they don't actually seem to be creating a "DWORD" value for
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop]
"WindowArrangementActive"="1"

Per:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop

WindowArrangementActive REG_SZ

0 = Off
1 = On

Hello dauser, and welcome to Ten Forums.

The WindowArrangementActive string value should be there by default.

If the .reg file was successfully merged, it should change this DWORD value. Of course, you will still need to sign out/in or restart to apply.

SpacemanSam · 16 Aug 2022

Brink said:

Hello dauser, and welcome to Ten Forums.

The WindowArrangementActive DWORD should be there by default.

If the .reg file was successfully merged, it should change this DWORD value. Of course, you will still need to sign out/in or restart to apply.

On a fresh install of Windows 10 Pro Version 21H2 Build 19044.1288 (reformat C:, install from ISO and boot to Audit Mode), WindowArrangementActive is REG_SZ, not REG_DWORD.

Brink · 16 Aug 2022

SpacemanSam said:

On a fresh install of Windows 10 Pro Version 21H2 Build 19044.1288 (reformat C:, install from ISO and boot to Audit Mode), WindowArrangementActive is REG_SZ, not REG_DWORD.

Thank you. Typo corrected.

It was correct in the REG files, but had DWORD instead of REG_SZ in the notes.

JamesBrown · 29 Oct 2023

Is there a way to completely disable double-click maximizes windows that ACTUALLY WORKS?
I have spent hours looking for a way to stop this nuts Windows Feature.

Brink · 30 Oct 2023

JamesBrown said:

Is there a way to completely disable double-click maximizes windows that ACTUALLY WORKS?
I have spent hours looking for a way to stop this nuts Windows Feature.

Hello James, and welcome.

You would want to use the method in the tutorial below instead for that.

Enable or Disable Double-Click to Maximize Windows Vertically in Windows Tutorial | Windows 11 Forum