Windows 10: Completely disable the maximize feature in windows

Not referring to automatic maximizing (dragging, snapping), but all maximizing. If anyone knows of a way to completely disable the ability to maximize any window in Windows I would be very grateful.

For the inquisitive: I got some very high res screens and I never maximize anything intentionally.

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Window 10 auto maximize disable, how to?

I had a dump question, after search this forum and followed step to disable auto maximize everytime I moved window still didn't work for me,

* From Ease of access center: the box check to prevent window from auto maximize........(window still auto maximize when I dragged)

* I tried to uncheck the box and apply but after I closed control panel it went back to normal. Please help I hate this feature

 

Windows Updated(16299.309).KB4088776 Restart is required to complete.


Hi dalchina. Good news, I followed your suggestion and reinstalled the update and now it appears as "installed correctly" *Biggrin Maybe it was not necessary to run the Windows Update Troubleshooter or maybe if necessary. But using it I do not think it could have worsened something. The installation was very fast, unlike the first time it showed step 1 and step 2 completed.

Thanks for the suggestions and for the time to respond Best regards.


And thanks for the tip of that program, I'll have it on my list.

 

Why can't I drag maximized windows with snap disabled

I have my system set up in a three monitor environment. I was forced to disable the snap because of the extremely frustrating handling of "sticky edges" between each screen. Recently, I have noticed that I am not longer able to drag a maximized window,
but first have to unmaximized my windows before I can drag them to a new position. This is a gigantic inconvenience.

I checked my HKEY_CURRENT_USER -> Control Panel > Desktop > DragFromMaximize setting. It is set to 1 which should be the appropriate setting to allow me to complete this action.

Further searches indicate that this is somehow tied to having the snap feature disabled, but I was unable to find suggestions on how to set my preferences and/or registry settings to either make the drag maximized window behavior work with snap disabled
or apply a different set of settings that would allow me to leave snap enabled but disable sticky edges.

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