Aero Snap problem

[ezhilk]

I am having a minor trouble with the Aero snap feature. When using certain applications (Word, Skype) I am able to maximize the window by dragging the window to the top - but I am not able to restore it by dragging it down, it stays put. I have to hit the restore button on the top right corner everytime I have to restore the window to the original size or if I want to snap it to one of the sides.

Anyone has faced this before ?

 

[mdmogren]

Just tried this a few times with Word and it works fine, but i'm using 2010, can't confirm if 2007 has an issue.

 

[ezhilk]

its not just with word, even a few other apps (like skype) have this issue. is there a control panel setting that i can use to turn off and then turn on the aero snap feature ?

 

[Kari]

Ezhilk, I tried this with Skype and can confirm what you said. Here's a tutorial to show how to turn Aero Snap on or off. Tried that, didn't fix the issue.

It seems it is rather a Skype than Windows issue.

Kari

P.S. Welcome to the SevenForums!

 

[ezhilk]

Thanks Kari. You are right, turning off the snap doesn't help at all.

And this problem happened only after I did a clean installation of 7. Previously, I upgraded from Vista and the snap feature worked flawlessly. I thought a clean install will improve the performance.

 

[Kari]

I have upgraded Seven Ultimate from Vista but Snap still not working with Skype.

 

[ezhilk]

an update for MS Office fixed the issue with Word, although the problem with skype remains. So I guess its an application issue rather than the OS, as you mentioned.

 

[homamkeh]

i have the same problem but it's with all my windows, including explorer, firefox...

is there something i can do? im using win 7 ultimate 32bit on a dual screen display. what i do not understand is that when i switch to my projector (single screen) it works fine. so it may have something to do with my dual screen setup.

 

[homamkeh]

i have the same problem but it's with all my windows, including explorer, firefox...

is there something i can do? im using win 7 ultimate 32bit on a dual screen display. what i do not understand is that when i switch to my projector (single screen) it works fine. so it may have something to do with my dual screen setup.

i solved my problem. if you are using ultramon, go to options -> general tab and uncheck "enable moving of maximized windows using the mouse" this will allow windows 7 to deal with this feature and ultramon and win7 won't interfere with each other.



as for skype, i thought it was not working but to solve that just go to tools-> options -> general settings and change the visual style of the window to classic windows

interestingly enough though it is not working with MS word.

Hope this helps

 

[JPR984]

thanks that helped me with skype but i too am having the same problems with word and excel and probably the other office programs (havent tried them all). I am using ultramon but the settings in there were already set to "enable moving of maximized window...."

 

[Necroman]

I'm not using UltraMon, but I got the same problem with Skype - I can't use AeroSnap feature for undocking maximized window. Any help?

 

[homamkeh]

I'm not using UltraMon, but I got the same problem with Skype - I can't use AeroSnap feature for undocking maximized window. Any help?

did you go to tools-> options -> general settings and change the visual style of the window to classic windows ?

 

[Necroman]

did you go to tools-> options -> general settings and change the visual style of the window to classic windows ?

It works, thanks
Now let's solve the same problem with Adobe CS4 applications...