I often use the Win+Up arrow shortcut in order to maximize the current window.

However, while officially the function of this key shortcut is to maximize the current window, in practice, sometimes it does something else - it sometimes tiles it to the top corner (right or left) and prompts to choose another window to tile. When this happens, it's very confusing, because I need to get out of the tiling, by pressing Esc, then press Win+Up arrow again.

Is there any shortcut (or setting) to always maximize the current Window, without tiling functionality? I also never tile 4 windows (only 2 windows side-by-side), so if I can disable that functionality, it'd be even better.

I know WindowsKey + Down Arrow is supposed to do this but I have to hit this shortcut twice because my window first snaps to the bottom quarter of the screen before finally being minimized to the taskbar.

I want the window to do the exact same thing as when I click the horizontal line (minimize button) at the top right-hand corner of the window. Is there a different keyboard shortcut for this?

I'm using Windows 11.

Suppose I have a window 'docked' to the left-hand side of the screen. When I press Win+Up to maximize it, instead of being maximized, it goes to the upper-left quadrant of the screen and also other open windows are shown (this is somewhat similar to what I see when I press Alt-Tab).

Is there a keyboard shortcut for maximizing a window that actually works? Or is there some setting I can change to make Win+Up behave properly? Thanks.

General Shortcuts:

• Copy: Ctrl + C

• Cut: Ctrl + X

• Paste: Ctrl + V

• Undo: Ctrl + Z

• Redo: Ctrl + Y

• Select All: Ctrl + A

• Close Window: Alt + F4

• Minimize Window: Win + M

• Maximize Window: Win + Up arrow (or F11)

• Switch between open apps: Alt + Tab (or Win + Tab)

• Open Task View: Win + Tab

• Search: Win + S

• Lock PC: Win + L

• Open Start Menu: Win key

• Quick Settings: Win + A

• Run Dialog: Win + R

• File Explorer: Win + E

File Explorer Shortcuts:

• New Window: Ctrl + N

• Open Address Bar: Alt + D

• Go Back: Alt + Left arrow (or Backspace)

• Go Forward: Alt + Right arrow

• Search: Ctrl + F

• Ctrl + Shift + N: Create a new folder

• F2: Rename a selected file or folder

• Ctrl + F: Search for files or folders within the current folder

Special Keys:

• Windows Key (Win): Used in combination with other keys for various shortcuts.

• Ctrl: Used for basic editing functions like copy, cut, and paste.

• Alt: Used for menu navigation and alternative functions.

• Shift: Used for selecting multiple items or modifying other shortcuts.

Power User Shortcuts:

• Win + X + U + U: Shutdown (similar to clicking the power button and selecting shut down)

• Win + X + U + R: Restart (similar to clicking the power button and selecting restart)

• Win + L: Lock the computer (same as the single key shortcut)

• Win + D: Minimize all windows and show the desktop (same as the single key shortcut)

• Win + M: Minimize all windows (same as the single key shortcut)

• Win + Tab: Open Task View and switch between desktops (similar to the single key shortcut, but with additional options)

• Win + Shift + Left/Right arrow: Move the active window to the left or right monitor

• Win + Up arrow: Maximize the window (same as the single key shortcut or F11)

• Win + Down arrow: Minimize the window (same as the single key shortcut)

• Win + , (comma): Snap the window to the left side of the screen

• Win + . (period): Snap the window to the right side of the screen

• Win + Up arrow + Up arrow: Maximize the window vertically (fills the entire screen vertically)

• Win + Down arrow + Down arrow: Restore the window to its previous size

• Ctrl + Shift + Esc: Open Task Manager

• Alt + F4: Close the active window (same as the single key shortcut)

• Alt + Tab: Switch between open applications (same as the single key shortcut)

• Win + Print Screen: Take a screenshot of the entire screen

• Win + Shift + S: Open Snipping Tool to capture a specific area of the screen

Virtual Desktop Shortcuts:

• Win + Ctrl + D: Create a new virtual desktop

• Win + Tab + Left/Right arrow: Switch between virtual desktops in Task View

I have a shortcut link to an Excel spreadsheet on my desktop. I want it to always be on top of any open window. How can I do this? I'm surprised I can't find the answer to this question by Googling. It seems like this should be easy to do. Can someone in this group please help me?

I am new to windows, and I got a new laptop. I'm curious on all of the cool windows shortcuts that you can do (eg. double clicking the title bar to maximize). Microsoft has a pretty good lost of keyboard ones so I'm looking for more of these mouse shortcuts and any 3rd party apps that add functions like hot corners

Of course we start with the standard Ctrl + Z to undo, Ctrl + C and Ctrl + V, these we all know. But what are some more advanced ones to have under our sleeves?

One of the useful ones I've used for years is Win + X + various keys like C to open CMD, or U to enter shut down and restart options. Can do a lot from Win + X menu with just keys, useful if you didn't have a mouse for any reason but also saves big on time.

Also Win + Shift + S.

I am a big keyboard guy. If possible, I won't even touch the touchpad or mouse while using a computer as it just makes working on a computer so much smoother. I have been a long-term Mac user and is used to using shortcuts exclusively to navigate everything. Let's say I am typing up some notes while referencing a document. I use a shortcut to put Notes and Preview (the pdf viewer) side-by side. Then I start typing and command tab to the pdf and use arrow keys to move up and down, and add option or command depending on how much I want to move up or down. Then I command tab back to the notes and immediately start typing.

This might sound crazy, but I also navigate Finder with the keyboard exclusively. I prefer cut and paste rather than drag and drop, just feels more streamlined to me.

However, after I started using my PC, I feel like lots of these stuff are not working. Am I doing this wrong or is Windows just suited for point and click than keyboard navigation?

I don't understand how this is still an issue after so many years. Windows has an option for shortcuts to Run the application window Maximized, Minimized, or Normal. It's had this since at least XP, I don't recall before that. I HATE not having windows maximized. It's just a personal preference for me. Major apps like web browsers MUST be maximized for me to be comfortable. I don't know about Windows 8 since I avoided it personally, but in Windows 10 this functionality was thrown out the door. The option is still there after 7 years, but it doesn't do anything. Every application seems to randomly decide for itself whether it will open maximized OR at some randomly selected other size. I still use actual shortcuts in the Quick Access toolbar, not just pinned apps on the taskbar. I always open a program like Edge maximized, and if I do need to have two windows visible, I resize them manually to take up a large part of the screen. Yet at random times, Edge will open to either maximized, or a size that is only like 1/16th of the screen size. It used to be that the "normal" setting would even re-open the window to the size that it was when you closed the last window, but that doesn't work anymore either. It always choses that 1/16th size, not the size I previously used. Mostly I encounter this with browsers as they're the ones I have shortcuts for, but also with Explorer (file explorer) and Thunderbird. But by default the "Normal" option should use the last window size, and it isn't consistent with all apps.

Why does this option even still exist when they stopped using it? Just another one of those things that they don't care about so they haven't removed it? Why even remove the functionality? Why doesn't it still work? They would have had to deliberately modify the code for it.

It's just pissed me off for so many years. And I have never found any way to make it work properly. I just get so tired of having to constantly move to maximize windows, since some don't even use the same window manipulation icons, and of course they're not in the same place on the screen every time. When I try to just double-click on the window titlebar, half the time Windows picks up the cursor as being on the EDGE of the titlebar which only maximizes it vertically, so I have to shrink it back down then try again. Just one of those things that Microsoft managed to make HARDER to use by requiring additional clicking.

SOLVED!

https://www.reddit.com/r/techsupport/comments/anuwyz/how_to_force_a_window_to_maximize_or_go_full/efw6si5

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I have a program with study material, but it has maximizing and windows resizing blocked. I can't PrtScr it too because it blocks screen capturing. I also tried using the WinSuperMaximize but no luck. Is there a way to force it to resize/ go fullscreen?