Windows 10: How to stop dragging windows from minimizing everything?

Discus and support How to stop dragging windows from minimizing everything? in Windows 10 Ask Insider to solve the problem; Whenever I click the top of a window and drag it around, if I move the window around too much, every open window will minimize as if I clicked the show... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Ask Insider' started by /u/impurekitkat, Sep 2, 2020.

  1. How to stop dragging windows from minimizing everything?


    Whenever I click the top of a window and drag it around, if I move the window around too much, every open window will minimize as if I clicked the show desktop thing at the bottom right. How do I turn this annoying feature off?

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    :)
     
    /u/impurekitkat, Sep 2, 2020
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  2. Avedis53 Win User

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    Avedis53, Sep 2, 2020
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  3. Drag and Drop

    Hi Charles,

    the steps you suggested didn't work for me but, when pressing the escape key it somehow expanded the drive and by using drag and drop to the single file in the list worked.

    In the past I could drag and drop multiple folders onto the drive on the network computer(s). Doing it on individual folders will take far too long and time consuming and is not an option.

    Microsoft should be able to identify what is blocking it and issue a fix.

    My machine is multi boot so tomorrow I will try with Windows 7.

    Many thanks for your help,

    Deric
     
    DericStain, Sep 2, 2020
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  4. Thanatica Win User

    How to stop dragging windows from minimizing everything?

    Touchpad: Tap twice to drag

    Here's how it works standardly:

    1. Tap twice
    2. Hold down on the second tap
    3. Move around and you're dragging
    4. Release finger to stop dragging

    Here's what I like it to do:

    1. Tap twice
    2. Hold down on the second tap
    3. Move around and you're dragging
    4. Release finger
    5. Reposition finger and continue dragging by flicking the touchpad some more
    6. (repeat steps 4 & 5 as many times as desired)
    7. Release finger and perform one addditional tap to stop dragging

    That's what it used to be like in the Windows 7 era with most touchpads. Some people found it annoying and disabled it, but I welcomed it.

    I know dragging continues when your finger reaches the touchpad edges, but that I find greatly irritating because it looses all sense of precision. This mechanism is stupendously irritating when trying to pixel-precise drag a trackbar, or when doing some
    painting in photoshop on the go. Or just anything that requires precision.

    So I'd like to disable "drag continues at touchpad edge" and enable "require additional tap to stop dragging".

    So how can I do that?

    If not possible, then please consider this a feature request.
     
    Thanatica, Sep 2, 2020
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