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For snapping your window to the left, or right side of your screen, you can use Winkey - Arrow left/right. But I have a screen rotated 90 degrees, and want to snap the window to the upper or lower part of the screen. Is there a shortcut for that?

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  • Did you try same shortcuts? You can use third party app for windows setup. sector-seven.net/software/gridy
    – dukasvili
    Mar 15, 2017 at 16:39
  • Try Alt+Ctrl+down or Alt+Ctrl+left or Alt+Ctrl+right... you can get it back to normal with Alt+Ctrl+up to make it upright. Not sure if this is what you are asking about but easy enough to try.
    – Vomit IT - Chunky Mess Style
    Mar 16, 2017 at 2:11
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    Still not ideal, but in Windows 11 has some nice options. You can Win+up to snap to top, and then Win+alt+down to snap a different window to the bottom (I remember there being a fill available space setting under system->multitasking that I'm not seeing now). Win+alt+arrow will otherwise snap in thirds but will snap to bottom rather than minimize. Win+arrow within unused space next to snapped window will further subdivide the remaining space. Win+z will open a menu which can be navigated by mouse, arrows, or numeric keys to choose from snap layouts.
    – Rich
    Oct 15, 2022 at 23:24
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    I also find the above much easier to use with "When I snap a window, suggest what I can snap next to it" disabled (system->multitasking). While it has a nice feel, I canceled out of it 99% of the time, so it's just a time wasting workflow interruption.
    – Rich
    Oct 15, 2022 at 23:28
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    "Powertoys" is another option provided for free by Microsoft (not a third party) that adds additional windowing features, but I think it lacks polish compared to the built-ins. I ended up uninstalling it because I found it caused system instability and other normal operations to slow to a grinding halt.
    – Rich
    Oct 15, 2022 at 23:32

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Unfortunately, Windows 10 does not come with the feature to position your windows to upper / lower half of the screen.

What is possible though is:

Keys - Operation

Win + Left - Position a window on the left half of the screen

Win + Right - Position a window on the right half of the screen

Win + Up - Maximize a window

Win + Down - Restore a window, Minimize a window

Win + Shift + Up - Snap a window to maximum height

Win + Left / Right then Win + Up / Down - Position a window to one of the four possible quadrants

Win + Shift + Left / Right - Shift a window to the next / previous display

Win + M Minimize all windows

Win + Home Minimize all but active window

Win + D Toggle Desktop View

Hope this helps you.

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    Win-shift-down seems to maximize to lower half of screen, maybe an update added it. Thanks for this list. I didn't think of trying shift-combo before reading it.
    – matt wilkie
    Jan 16, 2019 at 22:02
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    can not confirm that windows-shift-down maximizes to bottom half, for me its still minimizing the window (windows 10 pro, version: 10.0.17134 build 17134)
    – kmera
    Mar 22, 2019 at 7:00
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    I think the intuitive shortcut Windows should add is when a window is snapped to one of the quadrants and you press Win + Left / Right to the direction of the empty space on left or right, then it maximize the width first, then pressing that arrow button again move it to the quadrant on the other side. We already have similar behavior for Win + Up / Down
    – orad
    Sep 30, 2019 at 4:15
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    I was not satisfied with this and am now using some software called WindowsGrid and AquaSnap found this on Alternativeto.net
    – Shadoath
    May 28, 2020 at 15:35
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    I've used AquaSnap for a few years, but I'm beginning to find the built-in Windows behavior more polished and easier to use in some ways. However I have portrait monitors to the left and right of a widescreen landscape, so the omission of top/bottom snap shortcuts in Windows is really unacceptable; i.e. for portrait monitors.
    – Rich
    Feb 9, 2022 at 5:47

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