Comments on: How to Enable and Disable Aero Snap (Docking) Feature in Windows 7

By: dualmonitor

dualmonitor — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 08:18:02 +0000

I did this, but on my dual monitors, if a window is between the two monitors, it still jumps to the first monitor edge if I do anything.

By: virgin1

virgin1 — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 18:20:22 +0000

thanks alot! very helpful and well explained!

By: Cek Magdurlari

Cek Magdurlari — Fri, 21 Oct 2011 19:12:14 +0000

you could run an external process, using runtime:
download nircmd.exe from: http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/nircmd.html and make sure it is in the same directory as the .class file or in the windows PATH environment variable
then use Runtime.exec() to run it several times:

By: FirstPost

FirstPost — Thu, 29 Sep 2011 07:42:32 +0000

anon said “Unfortunately is also disables, Windows + Up or Down arrow for Max./Min. the active Window.”

vIBIUS said “This also disables the Windows Key + Shift and Left/Right option!”

Kermonk said “unfortunately that also disables the “shake window to close all other windows” feature…”

Try this:
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop]
“DockMoving”=”0″

It disables the mouse action to maximise windows and snap windows to the side but not the keyboard shortcuts. It does not affect AeroPeak or AeroShake. It also does not affect ‘maximising a window in a verticle direction only’.

By: John Cartwright

John Cartwright — Sat, 03 Sep 2011 10:07:12 +0000

Thanks for this, it is very useful. The Aero snap feature is more annoying than useful.

By: J. Aramathea

J. Aramathea — Wed, 30 Mar 2011 03:40:28 +0000

Dear Ramesh:

THANK YOU! THANK YOU! THANK YOU!
I absolutely hate docking. I wished I could disable this feature
I every piece of software that I have.
I am a vector artist and it is very annoying to have the screen
flipping around just because you wanted to move a menu around
or the cursor moved too close to something programmed for
docking. If you can take this a step further and show us HOW
TO TURN ALL DOCKING OFF, I would be just so happy.

By: anon

anon — Fri, 10 Dec 2010 19:24:44 +0000

Unfortunately is also disables, Windows + Up or Down arrow for Max./Min. the active Window.

MS. Separation of Concerns = FAIL.

By: Frank

Frank — Thu, 02 Dec 2010 19:50:29 +0000

thanks for helping me get rid of this nasty feature!

By: vIBIUS

vIBIUS — Wed, 03 Nov 2010 05:41:55 +0000

This also disables the Windows Key + Shift and Left/Right option!

By: Kermonk

Kermonk — Tue, 24 Aug 2010 18:29:19 +0000

Yeah, unfortunately that also disables the “shake window to close all other windows” feature…