Turn off 'Favorite' Snap Windows Recommendations

The Pool Man · Apr 30, 2024

Edition Windows 11 Pro
Version 23H2
Installed on ‎1/‎24/‎2024
OS build 22631.3527
Experience Windows Feature Experience Pack 1000.22700.1003.0

I really liked Snap Windows until Microsoft did it's usual trick of making something needlessly complicated. I like Snap Windows when I hover but I don't like the new 'feature' of it suggesting recent or favorite scenarios, the ones I have crossed out here --

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To me it adds clutter. Before I feedback this to MS, is there a switch to turn of these recommended types? I didn't find anything here --

johnlgalt · May 1, 2024

Not that I have found. Please, leave the feedback, and then link it here and I'll be there to upvote it in a heartbeat.

The Pool Man · May 3, 2024

johnlgalt said:
Not that I have found. Please, leave the feedback, and then link it here and I'll be there to upvote it in a heartbeat.

I posted it, but couldn't quite find how to link it.

TechnoMage2021 · May 4, 2024

Isn't there a Script for that?

I believe there is a Tutorial on that subject, with a script to download. @Brink

This is the .reg script that I have for that:

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

; Created by: Shawn Brink
; Created on: September 12, 2021
; Tutorial: Turn On or Off Snap windows in Windows 11 Tutorial

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

You can create the script, and run it, or just go into the registry, by running Regedit, and manually make the setting.
I just created the script, and added it to my Windows 11 Utilities, so I can run it quickly without having to futz around in the registry.

Brink · May 4, 2024

TechnoMage2021 said:
Isn't there a Script for that?

I believe there is a Tutorial on that subject, with a script to download. @Brink

This is the .reg script that I have for that:

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

; Created by: Shawn Brink
; Created on: September 12, 2021
; Tutorial: Turn On or Off Snap windows in Windows 11 Tutorial

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

You can create the script, and run it, or just go into the registry, by running Regedit, and manually make the setting.
I just created the script, and added it to my Windows 11 Utilities, so I can run it quickly without having to futz around in the registry.

That would completely disable Snap windows.

Turn On or Off Snap windows in Windows 11 Tutorial

This tutorial will show you how to turn on or off Snap windows for your account in Windows 11. The Snap windows feature in Windows 11 allows you to automatically resize and arrange windows on your screen. References...

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TairikuOkami · May 4, 2024

I do not like the new snap options, I just use 1x2, 2x2, 4x4.

johnlgalt · May 4, 2024

I kinda like the new ones, especially since they are automatically offering to pair the current app you have selected with the previous app you had selected immediately. But, I rarely use any of them, so it's just 'kinda nice' and not 'I can't live without them' lol.

And being able to call them up with Win + Z is a nice touch as well.