# Windows 11 Desktop Question **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [April 26, 2024, 12:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/windows-11-desktop-question/1000790 "2024-04-26T12:56:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2024, 12:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/windows-11-desktop-question/1000790/1 "2024-04-26T12:56:16Z")
My work laptop got upgraded to Windows 11 a couple of months back, and I’m still trying to get used to it. There is a feature on the desktop that I’d like to turn off but I don’t even know what it’s called, which makes it hard to search for a solution. I have two external monitors (I don’t use the laptop display, the laptop is closed and sitting between the two monitor bases) and I frequently drag windows back and forth across the two monitors. There is a bar that appears at the top of the monitor with several… I guess what I would call docking options… that it wants to try to fit the window I’m moving into one of its docking layouts. I want to disable that bar so it doesn’t pop down every time I move a window from one monitor to the other. Anyone know what that bar is called and how to disable it? ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2024, 1:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/windows-11-desktop-question/1000790/2 "2024-04-26T13:05:18Z")
It’s called Snap, and the settings for it are available under Settings \> System \> Multitasking. ---
**Author:** ![GaryM](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garym/32/241_2.png) [@GaryM](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GaryM)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2024, 1:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/windows-11-desktop-question/1000790/3 "2024-04-26T13:05:47Z")
Go to SETTINGS - SYSTEM - MULTITASKING One of the options is SNAP WINDOWS Turn it OFF DAMN, one time I knew the answer and get my butt kicked because I type too slow. 😪 ---
**Author:** ![md-2000](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9d8465/32.png) [@md-2000](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/md-2000)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2024, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/windows-11-desktop-question/1000790/4 "2024-04-26T13:43:08Z")
IIRC that appears when you drag a window top bar too close to the screen top. Then it suggests those options for arranging your open windows. ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2024, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/windows-11-desktop-question/1000790/5 "2024-04-26T13:49:57Z")
Yes - the problem is that I usually have windows sized fairly large, so I can’t help but triggering the “snap” bar as I’m moving it. Thanks @BigT and @GaryM for your assistance! I see another option under System → Multitasking that is thankfully turned off but which also used to drive me crazy until I could figure out what was going on: Title Bar Window Shake. Sometimes when moving a window my mouse hand would get the jitters, and suddenly all my windows were minimized! ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2024, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/windows-11-desktop-question/1000790/6 "2024-04-26T13:52:31Z")
Sorry. I debated waiting when I saw someone else typing after I looked it up. I should have gone against my instinct and waited. ---
**Author:** ![GaryM](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garym/32/241_2.png) [@GaryM](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GaryM)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2024, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/windows-11-desktop-question/1000790/7 "2024-04-26T14:08:23Z")
🥰 I’ll try harder next time…