Positioning windows above the screen

Hi, John, I am Jeronimo, Thanks for reaching out! I'm an Independent Advisor and a Microsoft user like you.

Windows 11 now offers several sub‑settings under “Snap windows” that control different aspects of window snapping. To reduce or disable the automatic repositioning when you drag a window upward:

1.- Open Settings: Press Win + I.
2.- Go to System > Multitasking: In the right pane, click “Snap windows” to expand its options.
3.- Uncheck “Show snap layouts when I drag a window to the top of my screen.”
(Alternatively, if you don’t need any snapping behavior, you can toggle off “Snap windows” entirely.)

Disabling these should stop Windows from “correcting” your dragged window’s position so aggressively. Note that turning off snapping completely means you lose other helpful snap features, so choose the option that best fits your workflow.

I have the same problem. My "Snap Windows" option is already off. And yet, when I drag an application such that the top of its bar is barely visible (I do this so I can actually access buttons on the bottom of the program's screen), Windows 11 will still snap the top of the window so that it is flush with the top of the screen. Now the bottom row of buttons on the application are unusable. This was not a problem as recently as a week ago.

Dear Jeronimo,

(I am the OP; I'm not sure why my forum name has changed to an old one.)

Thank you for your reply. I should have said in my original comment that I already have all the snap windows features disabled. That used to work, but it seems that with a recent update those settings are being ignored.

I agree, since the latest Win 11 update earlier this month turning off "Snap Windows" no longer prevents the window header bar snapping back to show itself fully. Is this a bug?

I am also having this issue. I am trying to resize a game window to be above the top of my screen so that I can access buttons at the bottom of the game window, but when I shift my window up, with Alt-Space-M or any other method, it immediately snaps back down. It is incredibly frustrating, The window is unfortunately un-resizable as well or id just drag it up a bit at the bottom.

I'm having the same issue and I have Snap Windows turned off as well.

FINALLY, I found a post that is exactly what I was looking for! I have the exact same problem, I recently switched to win11 this month and these new features are just frustrating.

In win10 there is an option in control panel->ease of access->keyboard/mouse->"prevent windows from being auto arranged when moving to the edge of the screen". Yet this feature is in win11 but it does not work?? HELLOOOO, what's the difference??

I also need to cover the top bars of certain browsers for easier workload and not reposition it! Please @microsoft reply. Thank you in advance :).