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Display the Contents of Moving Windows (All Windows) Popular

When enabled, this setting will cause Windows to display the current contents of a window while it is being dragged around the screen instead of just displaying the window outline.

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Open your registry and find the key below.

Create a new string value named 'DragFullWindows', or modify the existing value, to equal '1' for enabled, or '0' for disabled.

Restart Windows for the change to take effect.

Registry Editor Example
|NameTypeData|
|(Default)REG_SZ(value not set)|
|DragFullWindowsREG_SZ"1"|
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|HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop|
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Registry Settings
User Key: [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop]
Value Name: DragFullWindows
Data Type: REG_SZ (String Value)
Value Data: (0=disable, 1=enable)

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Last modified: March 5, 2003