Win-Key + Arrow does not snap windows on Win10

Question

I am having the issue that Win+←/→ does not snap the windows to the side of my monitor, this is similar to

The Solutions on all these places explain how to (re)enable Aero Snap, but Aero Snap is working for me, I can snap the windows with the mouse (for example), just not with the keyboard. Other keyboard shortcuts (all) work fine, e.g. I can shift monitors using (ctrl+Win+←/→), so it is a very, very specific shortcut failure.

Of course, I have also tried disabling and re-enabling 'SNAP' in “SETTINGS > SYSTEM > MULTITASKING, that does not fix the keys-specific issue. I have tried using the on-screen keyboard and the problem persists.

One possible red-herring is that I recently disabled 'narrator', (Capslock+Esc), as described here, that is the only system modification I can remember making in the last week.

The keys-shortcut problem appeared completely arbitrarily, without a computer restart or keyboard reinstall or other modifications.

haha, restarting the computer solved the problem - service desk 101. — alexandre iolov, Feb 10 '16 at 09:57
You should consider adding your own answer to your question. — Vomit IT - Chunky Mess Style, Feb 10 '16 at 11:48
90% of windows problems are solved by a restart or 2, I have had some systems that took 3 restarts before things started working normally. — Moab, Feb 10 '16 at 17:30
I keep getting this. Very annoying none of the solutions apply / work for me. Very very annoying. All other combos I use work fine. Keys on their own work fine Just win + arrows problematic wonder if there is an easy way to setup alternative key combos? — MemeDeveloper, Mar 16 '16 at 16:24
ConEmu caused it for me, see this answer: http://superuser.com/a/1091991/132859 — dvdgsng, Jul 26 '16 at 09:26
thanks @dvdgsng! restarting explorer was no help, but restarting conemu did the trick. — Robert K. Bell, May 08 '17 at 23:04
[Issue #1077 on ConEmu](https://github.com/Maximus5/ConEmu/issues/1077) might be related? — Robert K. Bell, May 08 '17 at 23:17

score 30 · Answer 1 · edited Apr 16 '21 at 13:46

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You have to enable Snap from Settings, System -> Multitasking.

edited Apr 16 '21 at 13:46

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answered Oct 04 '17 at 20:15

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Oh- damn it. This was the answer I was looking for but looks like I can not have "windows+arrow key" keyboard shortcut enabled, and have the snapping feature disabled. It is really annoying dragging windows across monitors and have my mouse stuck on the side of one of the screens. – Nican Jun 23 '18 at 21:13
I had this setting ON and it didn't work. After I set it to Off and then back to ON it started working. – vanillaSugar Nov 30 '21 at 19:58
Same for Windows 7: disabling snapping windows also disables those `Win+Arrow` shortcuts. Find "_Ease of Access Center > Make the mouse easier to use_". – AmigoJack Feb 02 '23 at 21:48

score 22 · Answer 2 · answered Sep 08 '16 at 16:54

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If you want to avoid a restart, you can restart the explorer.exe process.

Step by step

Open Task Manager (Ctrl+Shift+Esc)
Go to the Details tab
Kill the explorer.exe process.

In the Task Manager, click File --> Run new task

Type in explorer

answered Sep 08 '16 at 16:54

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cool, i can't try it obviously, but I guess this might troublehshoot other problems as well. – alexandre iolov Sep 08 '16 at 19:57
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There are many annoying Windows UI problems that can be fixed by restarting explorer.exe . It doesn't lose anything except currently open windows. And perhaps if you're renaming, moving, or copying a file while you're doing it. – Christopher Hostage Oct 21 '16 at 20:02

score 8 · Answer 3 · edited Jun 28 '19 at 15:23

I tried every one of the suggested fixes on this solution and on the other page links at the top.

None of them seemed to work. I rarely use the Win key outside of "Windows Snap" shortcut, so I tested a few other Win+key hotkeys (e.g. Win+D) - didn't work either. So what I thought was a "Win+Left/Right Arrow" (aka Win Snap) issue - wasn't the actual problem...

Solution (Fixed Everything) :: DISABLED "GAMER MODE" Toggle Key on Mechanical Keyboard. (Logitech G910). I never use Gamer Mode Toggle and didn't even realize it was Enabled.

Hope that helps anyone out there w/ Gamer Mode Toggle Keys cause this has been bugging me for a while.

score 4 · Answer 4 · edited Jun 28 '19 at 15:22

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The answer to the original question also lies in Ease of Access / Mouse settings -- see it at this link (posted by zaraTzara):

Go to: Control Panel >> All Control Panel Items >> Ease of Access Center >> Make the mouse easier to use
Under ‘Make it easier to manage windows’: Uncheck ‘Prevent windows from being automatically arranged when moved to the edge of the screen’.

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answered Apr 09 '18 at 17:26

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score 3 · Answer 5 · edited Jun 12 '20 at 13:48

This happened to me on Windows 10, stopped right after I had just been using it. Explorer has some bug evidently which stop listening for the shortcut key. The Windows key still works, but the key sequence Windows + Arrow is ignored by the OS.

Enabling or disabling Snap via Windows+I Multitasking had no effect - the feature was not the problem.

Command Prompt

@powershell kill -name explorer

Win-Key + Arrow does not snap windows on Win10

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