When I use the Aero Snap hotkeys (e.g. Win + Left
for snapping a window) sometimes the Start Menu pops open, taking focus away from the window I just positioned and not bringing up the other window selection choices. I'm pretty sure this happens when I don't hit Win
and the arrow keys at the same time. E.G. if I press Win
and Left
simultaneously, Aero Snap works as expected, but if I press Win
then Left
, it will bring up the Start Menu.
I also use Win + Up + Up
to take a window from the side snap to full screen which I would like to have work as well. This one is less important since there are other shortcuts to make a window full screen, but it'd still be really nice to keep using that shortcut.
I seem to remember this not being a problem before I reinstalled my OS recently, and this issue is very annoying.
Is there any way to prevent the Start Menu from popping up in these cases aside from disabling the Start Menu Win
shortcut? I still use Win
to bring up the search for quick access to applications, so I'd prefer not to outright disable that shortcut. I know that CTRL + ESC
will open the start menu, but just hitting Win
is so much nicer since CTRL + ESC
is awkward to reach.
I'm running Windows 10 Pro version 1803 build 17134.407