How to manage snap layouts for the maximize button in Windows 11. Standardized desktops fall apart when snap layouts pops up on every maximize button hover. In this video, we'll cover how to enable or disable snap layouts for the maximize button in Windows 11 using settings, the registry, and centralized deployment. Before we begin, be sure to subscribe to NinjaOne's IT Video Hub and YouTube channel for more tech content like this. Using Windows settings. Let's start with the simplest option, the Settings app, which suits individual workstations. Configure snap layouts in settings. Press Windows key plus I to open settings and select system. Scroll down and click multitasking. From here, you can toggle snap layouts on or off entirely. If you only want to change the flyout, expand the snap layout section and check or clear the option to show snap layouts when hovering over a Windows maximize button. Lastly, hover over the maximize button to confirm your change. If you need an alternative approach to managing snap layouts, the registry is the way to go. It requires administrative privileges, so make changes carefully. Using the registry. Use the registry editor to configure snap layouts. Press Windows key plus R, type reg edit, and press control plus shift plus enter to open registry editor as an administrator. Navigate to H key current user, backslash software, backslash Microsoft, backslash Windows, backslash current version, backslash explorer, backslash advanced. Double-click the D word value named enable snap assist flyout. If it's missing, right-click the advanced folder in the left-hand pane, select new, then D word thirty-two-bit. Double-click it and set the value to one to enable snap layouts or zero to disable them. Finally, restart Windows Explorer or sign back in, then hover over the maximize button to verify. Automate settings across multiple devices. Deploy with group policy preferences. In group policy management, edit the target user GPO and go to user configuration, preferences, Windows settings, registry. Then create a new registry item with the update action using the same advanced key path and the enable snap assist flyout D word set to zero or one. Note that no dedicated group policy setting exists for this behavior, so a registry preference is the way to go. You can also deploy this setting with Intune or automate it using PowerShell across multiple devices. You can find the script and further instructions in the blog, along with notes on handling an existing registry key. Whether you use settings, the registry, or centralized tooling, you can standardize snap layouts across your environment. Validate changes with a pilot group first before rolling them out more broadly. For more information, check out our official blog post on managing snap layouts in Windows 11 linked in the description below.