For 20 years I've kept many of my windows in Windows just slightly above the top edge of the screen, say by 3 or 5 or 10 pixels. This allows a user to rapidly flick the cursor to the top of that window, where it will automatically stop within the grabbable area of the title bar, and grab the title bar with his mouse without having to stall to hone in on said title bar before clicking. I despise wasting even a quarter of a second doing such "honing," which is why today's modern GUIs, which increasingly lack the keyboard functionality of the past, are so frustrating, but I digress. With one of the recent forced updates to Windows 11, though, I noticed that I can no longer move any windows off the top edge of the screen. If I try, the window snaps back so that when I flick my mouse up to the top of the screen, the sizing cursor appears, since the top edge of the window is now forcibly aligned with the top of the screen rather than the title bar. So then I have to drop the cursor a pixel or two and then move the window -- exactly the threading-the-needle movement I have for 20 years not wanted to waste time doing. Think of the absolute infuriation you'd feel if Microsoft prohibited you from moving your windows below the bottom edge or the left or right edges next! You wouldn't be able to sink a big window below the bottom edge to get it out of the way when desired. Is there any registry or other fix???????? This is another if-it-isn't-broken-don't-freaking-fix-it demonstration of stupidity by Microsoft. And what's even more frustrating is that all google searches for "stop window from moving off screen" generate results for people who are trying to retrieve windows that've entirely moved off screen! Useless, and we already knew the solution for that (ALT-Space, M, arrow keys).
PS Also, this new nuisance doesn't let one flick up to the top of the screen and double click to quickly maximize or restore!

PS Also, this new nuisance doesn't let one flick up to the top of the screen and double click to quickly maximize or restore!

- Windows Build/Version
- 24H2
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My Computer
System One
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- OS
- windows 11
- Computer type
- PC/Desktop
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- Lenovo X