Windows 10 and it's window snapping

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Siberian_Khatru

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If any of you use the "show windows stacked" or "show windows side by side" command, you may have run across Windows 10 not arranging the windows the way you might expect it to - especially if you used this feature in Windows 7 or 8(.1). I finally found what causes the arrangement to be off.

Click on Start -> Settings -> System -> Multitasking.

From there, turn off the feature "When I snap a window, show what I can snap next to it."

If that feature is left on, chances are that the windows end up stacked and piled in the left side of the screen, even if you opt for the "show windows side by side" option. Disabling that feature in the Multitasking options allows the windows to use up more real estate on the desktop.
 
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I dread the day that I will finally be forced to upgrade to 10.
 
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Siberian_Khatru

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I dread the day that I will finally be forced to upgrade to 10.
Lol. That day won't come, but you will be left on the wayside by Microsoft if you don't conform, and you will be nagged to upgrade while it's still free to do so.
 
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Lol. That day won't come, but you will be left on the wayside by Microsoft if you don't conform, and you will be nagged to upgrade while it's still free to do so.
But you really have no choice if you are a computer guru.
 
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Siberian_Khatru

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I meant, "are not".
That's what they want you to think. :p It's sort of a frustrating dichotomy; holding out on upgrading eventually becomes impractical and inconvenient, yet upgrading sometimes poses problems with specific software (among other idiosyncrasies).
 
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Well, the biggest thing is that I don't want to lose <RESTORE>. That has saved me tons of money and work since I got Win 7.
 
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Siberian_Khatru

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Well, the biggest thing is that I don't want to lose <RESTORE>. That has saved me tons of money and work since I got Win 7.
I am a big advocate of "use what works for you." Win 7 is a fine installment in an otherwise awkward series of blundering that Microsoft has become famous for. If it's treating you well, keep it. Its support doesn't run out until 2020, and even then, it may be extended if enough people are still clinging to it (much like the now retired XP).