Windows 11 right click window arrange options?

Forums › Desktop computing › Windows 11 right click window arrange options?

gzt

18679 posts

Uber Geek
+1 received by user: 7809

Lifetime subscriber

#306384 18-Jul-2023 08:29

Windows 10 has taskbar right click options
- cascade windows
- show windows stacked
- show windows side by side

Windows 11 does not. Is there a way to get those back or an equivalent for W11?

The replacement is snap zones. The max for snap zones appears to be six windows.

Even if it was possible to increase snap zones it would not work for arranging an arbitrary number of windows in the available screen real-estate imo.

Any suggestions without going 3rd party?

old3eyes

9158 posts

Uber Geek
+1 received by user: 1364

Subscriber

#3105353 18-Jul-2023 09:32

Do a search for "Right click for Windows 11" there are a couple of registary keys you can run that enable and disable this feature

If you can't find them I'll drop them on to a Dropbox link .

Regards,

Old3eyes

gzt

18679 posts

Uber Geek
+1 received by user: 7809

Lifetime subscriber

#3105395 18-Jul-2023 10:49

There are many out of date articles around. I've tried one or two that did not seem to be relevant and did not work for taskbar right-click options. Feel free to link to an article you trust.

Gurezaemon

~HONYAKKER!~
1417 posts

Uber Geek
+1 received by user: 1565

ID Verified

Lifetime subscriber

#3105431 18-Jul-2023 11:29

ExplorerPatcher does what you want, as well as a bunch of other similar things.

Get your business seen overseas - Nexus Translations

gzt

18679 posts

Uber Geek
+1 received by user: 7809

Lifetime subscriber

#3105494 18-Jul-2023 12:26

Work machine so I prefer no 3rd party software if I can avoid it. At some point I might try that somewhere else and see if it provides a registry key or a rundll call I can use standalone.

rb99

3505 posts

Uber Geek
+1 received by user: 1830

Lifetime subscriber

#3105498 18-Jul-2023 12:40

I just copied the command line option from this -

https://www.xda-developers.com/how-to-open-full-right-click-menu-by-default-windows-11/?newsletter_popup=1

No guarantee it'll work for you. Not sure you'll get the windowing options you wanted, but it brings back the full right click options list.

“The modern conservative is engaged in one of man's oldest exercises in moral philosophy; that is, the search for a superior moral justification for selfishness.” -John Kenneth Galbraith

rb99

Gurezaemon

~HONYAKKER!~
1417 posts

Uber Geek
+1 received by user: 1565

ID Verified

Lifetime subscriber

#3105503 18-Jul-2023 12:57

I am aware there are a number of registry hacks out there that can do the same thing, but from my own experience, these get broken on a near weekly basis whenever Windows does an update of any sort.

Get your business seen overseas - Nexus Translations