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How do I disable Aero Shake in Windows 7?

Sometimes, and I really don't know how to do it, when I grab an application in the window-bar and drag it around, as if I'm waving, then all other windows are minimized to the taskbar.

I have three questions:

  • how do I do this?
  • what's this feature called in Windows 7
  • how can I disable this Windows 7 feature?

I know I can undo it by hitting Ctrl+Shift+Winkey+M.

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Abel
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This feature is called Shake. Just wiggle a window vigorously to minimize all other windows. You can also just release the click on the window, then click again and waggle to undo this.

Disabling Shake entirely requires a registry edit:

  1. Browse to the following key:

    HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Explorer

    (the Explorer key may not be there by default, just create it)

  2. Make a 32-bit DWORD called "NoWindowMinimizingShortcuts".

  3. Set the value to 1.

Gareth
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Shinrai
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It most certainly is a 'feature' of Windows 7 and it's called 'Aero Shake', more details can be found here: http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows7/products/features/shake

And what you are describing is exactly how it works. Grab the title bar of any window, give it a shake and everything else drops to the task bar.

To disable Shake you'll need to use either the Group Policy editor or do some registry tweaking as outlined here:

http://www.askvg.com/how-to-disable-aero-shake-in-windows-7/

Moif Murphy
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