System Enable or Disable Double-Click to Maximize Windows Vertically in Windows


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This tutorial will show you how to enable or disable double-click to maximize windows vertically for your account in Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 10, and Windows 11.

In Windows, you can maximize a window vertically by performing one of the following actions:
  • While the window is active, press the Shift + Windows + Up arrow keys to maximize the window vertically, and press the Shift + Windows + Down arrow keys to restore/minimize the window vertically.
  • Move the pointer to the top or bottom border of a window until the pointer turns into a double arrow, and double click/tap.
If you like, you can disable the ability to double-click to maximize windows vertically without affecting being able to use the keyboard shortcut to maximize windows vertically.

EXAMPLE: Maximize window vertically

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Here's How:

1 Do step 2 (enable) or step 3 (disable) below for what you would like to do.

2 To Enable Double-Click to Maximize Windows Vertically

This is the default setting


A) Click/tap on the Download button below to download the file below, and go to step 4 below.​

Enable_double_click_to_maximize_windows_vertically.reg​


(Contents of REG file for reference)
Code: 
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop]
"SnapSizing"="1"

3 To Disable Double-Click to Maximize Windows Vertically

A) Click/tap on the Download button below to download the file below, and go to step 4 below.​

Disable_double_click_to_maximize_windows_vertically.reg​


(Contents of REG file for reference)
Code: 
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop]
"SnapSizing"="0"

4 Save the .reg file to your desktop.

5 Double click/tap on the downloaded .reg file to merge it.

6 When prompted, click/tap on Run, Yes (UAC), Yes, and OK to approve the merge.

7 Sign out and Sign in or restart the computer to apply.

8 You can now delete the downloaded .reg file if you like.


That's it,
Shawn Brink


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Win+Shift+UpArrow . . . That even works on W7. Learn something every day. I tried double clicking the bottom border of a window on W11 last night. It did nothing. But then, I didn't know this was an option that needed enabling. It appears it's disabled by default on W11. I never enabled or disabled anything on W7 to make it work. But with Win+Shift+UpArrow, I'm not messing with any registry key. I don't care if the double click doesn't work. The keyboard is always preferable to the mouse. By the way, I think it's ridiculously ugly that you have to resort to editing the registry to get this. Is there no place in the GUI for enabling this? No place in the Control Panel or anywhere else?

Now, is there anything that will do the equivalent in the horizontal direction? That is, snap the left & right sides of a window to the left & right sides of the display? I tried Shift+Win+LeftArrow/RightArrow but those just toggle the current window back & forth with the other monitor, assuming you have 2 (or more) monitors. At least, that's what it does on W7. I'll have to try it on W11. I never knew about that one, either. It seems asymmetrical that you can snap the window size vertically but not horizontally.
 

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WildWilly said:
Win+Shift+UpArrow . . . That even works on W7. Learn something every day. I tried double clicking the bottom border of a window on W11 last night. It did nothing. But then, I didn't know this was an option that needed enabling. It appears it's disabled by default on W11. I never enabled or disabled anything on W7 to make it work. But with Win+Shift+UpArrow, I'm not messing with any registry key. I don't care if the double click doesn't work. The keyboard is always preferable to the mouse. By the way, I think it's ridiculously ugly that you have to resort to editing the registry to get this. Is there no place in the GUI for enabling this? No place in the Control Panel or anywhere else?

Now, is there anything that will do the equivalent in the horizontal direction? That is, snap the left & right sides of a window to the left & right sides of the display? I tried Shift+Win+LeftArrow/RightArrow but those just toggle the current window back & forth with the other monitor, assuming you have 2 (or more) monitors. At least, that's what it does on W7. I'll have to try it on W11. I never knew about that one, either. It seems asymmetrical that you can snap the window size vertically but not horizontally.
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Hello mate, :alien:

I'm not aware of another way to snap to the sides like that other than to drag the window to the sides to snap.

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WildWilly said:
I tried double clicking the bottom border of a window on W11 last night. It did nothing. But then, I didn't know this was an option that needed enabling. It appears it's disabled by default on W11
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It's enabled by default, at least it is on my computer. And this is the first I've heard about his feature, thanks @Brink :-)

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You can always check your registry manually. The SnapSizing key will either be set to 1 (enabled) or 0 (disabled). Mine was set to 1.

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I've got some additional experience with W11 now & I have discovered some rather surprising things. Certain windows accept double click on the bottom edge & they snap to the full height of the display. And some don't. Similarly, some windows accept Win+Shift+UpArrow & they snap to the full height of the display. And some don't. I don't have a lot of data points yet to definitively say when it works & when it doesn't. But one window on which neither technique works is Notepad++. Maybe it's just that application. Maybe things work on tools built into W11 & not on third-party added applications. Maybe maybe maybe. But this is what I have observed so far. It's quite weird.

Win+Shift+UpArrow works a treat on W7.
 

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