How to disable "shake to minimize" on Win10 21H2?

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This option is not in Multitasking anymore, and is not disabled by default on Win10 21H2. Where did it go?

Use Group Policies, or Registry. See https://www.technipages.com/how-to-disable-shake-to-minimize-in-windows-10 — DrMoishe Pippik, Mar 08 '22 at 22:42
Since I do not have admin access, the editing the registry method worked for me in the above link. The answer below requires admin access. — I'm_With_Stupid, Apr 12 '23 at 18:20

score 10 · Answer 1 · edited Apr 16 '23 at 05:34

With thanks to Jiang Xavier https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/all/i-wouldlike-to-disable-windows-shake-to-minimize/8f986485-9250-4363-a841-2b31030b14f7

You should be able to change it via Local Group Policy Editor. To open the editor, run "gpedit.msc". This only exists in Windows Pro or higher.

It's under "User Configuration" > "Administrative Templates" > "Desktop", and it's called "Turn off Aero Shake window minimizing mouse gesture".

Enable it to disable Aero Shake

score 3 · Answer 2 · answered May 11 '23 at 13:31

For people not using the Professional Edition of Windows, you can do this through a registry edit as follows:

Open the registry editor (Use Win+R to open a Run... window, type regedit and hit enter.)

Using the navigation bar at the top of the screen, navigate to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced.
Right-click in this folder and make a new DWORD (32 bit) Value. Name this DisallowShaking and give it the value of 1.

This change should take effect immediately.

The source article for this fix describes Windows 7, but I can confirm this still works on Windows 10 Home 10.0.19044.

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Jun 28 '23 at 01:08

You can also disable Aero Shake, (or whatever it's called) by turning off "Snap windows". This shouldn't require admin rights.
Start Menu > Settings > System > Multitasking > Snap windows (disable) (verified on Windows 10 Enterprise 22H2)

NOTE: If you have already accidentally minimized all other windows, you can undo minimize all by shaking the window again.

How to disable "shake to minimize" on Win10 21H2?

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