Windows Tricks

In this post, I collect those special, who-needs-this-at-all tricks for using and configuring MS Windows, which are easily forgotten if not used often (or only setup once after a new installation).

Deactivate Aero Shake

Aero Shake: A feature in Windows, where all other windows are minimized if a window is “grabbed” and shaken (small, fast mouse movements).

My problem: I have yet to encounter a situation where I want and use this feature, but time and again I activate it unwanted when trying to arrange multiple windows exactly (and yes, i know, with a tiling window manager or the new, better window management features in Windows 11, these problems might not arise). But anyway, I would prefer not to have this feature at all.

What I found is that it can be deactivated with a registry setting, either manually or by using this snippet in a .reg file:

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Explorer]
"NoWindowMinimizingShortcuts"=dword:00000001