Windows 10: Drag window to maximize/restore size

On my win10pro workstation I'm able to drag a window to the top of the screen to maximize it.
In the same way, I can drag it down to restore it. I really like this feature and it has become my go to way of maximizing/restoring windows.

Now to the problem. This feature is missing on my win10home laptop. I can't remember enabling this on my win10pro workstation and I can't find any settings for it on either machine. Google gave me nothing, but I'm not quite sure how to phrase my search... Non of the result are even close.
I don't know what the function is called and what words to use to search for it other than "drag window to top of screen to maximize it"...

Is this a win pro feature or am I missing a check mark somewhere?
Is this related to the "shake the window to clear the desktop"-function (whatever it's called)? That one is missing on my laptop as well...
That shake one is not that big of a loss, but it bugs me that I can't find the settings (or the words) for it on either system.

I would really appreciate some guidance in this matter.



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in win 10, maximized window won't drag

Mike is right. If the window is maximized the window's window menu will prevent you from moving or resizing it and that has always been the case. Use Alt-Space to see this. Restore, Minimize and Close are your only options in this state. So almost certainly
you would have been dragging a maximally sized window. In that case everything except Restore would have been available--a sign that the window is in its normal mode.

FYI

Robert Aldwinckle

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in win 10, maximized window won't drag

You can do that using the Snap windows feature but check out the window menu when you do that. E.g. press Win+CursorUp ; that snaps the window to Maximized. Press Alt-Space to see that only the menu items I mentioned before for a maximized window are
available. When you are using the Snap windows feature with your pointer you need to drag it up first and observe the ghost maximized frame before clicking to make it snap to Maximized mode. An analogous procedure is needed when you want to snap a window
left or right. Then I think the use of the pointer for a half screen may be clearer when snapping a window into a new mode and undoing the snap.

So, to clarify the original discussion, you weren't really dragging a maximized window you were moving your pointer in a way that looked as if you were but in fact were only doing that to change the window's mode and size.

FYI

Robert

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in win 10, maximized window won't drag

Richard.

You certainly respond with some implied authority. So in your vast and insightful vision of all beings using a computer, I've not clicked the little square icon at the top any window but have always been dragging the corners to make it appear maximized.

Well shucks, I've forgotten this little exercise, which I must have done countless times. Wow!! Scratching my head. EXCUSE ME!

But really, there's some disconnect here. Like I said, I maximize some windows, but did not have to click the double-box icon to reduce the size. All I had to do was drag from the title bar and the window reduced to the previous non-maximized size.

Comon, if you don't want to explain or don't know, just say so.

The Meat