



Run







Type gpedit.msc and click OK to open the Local Group Policy Editor







Under User Configuration expand the Desktop folder



Double click on Turn off Aero Shake windows minimizing mouse gesture in the right pane of the Local Group Policy Editor





In the Turn off Aero Shake windows minimizing mouse gesture window click the Enabled radio button and click OK







Close the Local Group Policy Editor. Now you can shake windows until the cows come home and nothing will happen.



Move your mouse to the lower left corner of the screen, right click, and selectTypeand clickto open theUnderexpand thefolderDouble click onin the right pane of theIn thewindow click theradio button and clickClose the. Now you can shake windows until the cows come home and nothing will happen.

Aero Shake, a feature that debuted in Windows 7, allows the user to minimize the all the other open windows on the desktop by grabbing and shaking one of the windows. I've always found Aero Shake to be a little annoying, but I wasn't surprised to see that Microsoft carried this feature over to Windows 8. Let’s take a look at how to turn it off.Dave Hicks pointed out in the comments below that this method doesn't work in Windows 8 Home Edition do to the lack of gpedit. See How to Disable Aero Shake in Windows 8 Home Edition for a registry hack that disables Aero Shake.