Get Windows 7 Aero Snap in Vista

Published on 13 November 2008 by Nirmal in Windows Tips

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Aero Snap is a new feature which was added to Windows 7, where in you can drag any window to the top of your screen to maximize it or take it to the left or right to snap it to the side and re-size by 50 per cent and when you drag it back to the last position, the window size will be restored. This feature is now available for XP and Vista. AeroSnap is a simple but powerful application that allows you to resize, arrange or maximize your desktop windows with just drag and drop. Aero Snap supports both Windows XP as well as Vista.

You can see Aero Snap in action in the video below.

Aero Snap

The application is currently in beta, so you might get some bugs while using it. You will also need .Net Framework 2.0 or higher for running Aero Snap.

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Written By Nirmal

Nirmal is a Technology Blogger and a Microsoft MVP in Windows. Nirmal is also the editor-in-chief and owner of Life Rocks 2.0. He can be contacted at nirmal@nirmaltv.com. You can also follow him on Twitter @nirmaltv

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12 Responses to “Get Windows 7 Aero Snap in Vista”

  1. Raj says:

    Looks Cool :)

    Stumbled

  2. [...] Windows only: Free application AeroSnap brings the new Windows 7 drag-and-snap-to-size feature to your pre-Windows 7 machine. With AeroSnap installed and running, pulling a window to the right edge of your screen resizes it to half of the screen on the right side; pulling it to the left resizes the window to your left half. Finally, pulling a window to the top of your monitor will maximize it. Handy! To get more Windows 7 features now, check out previously mentioned EnhanceMyVista or Aero Shake. AeroSnap is a free download, requires Windows and .NET 2.0. AeroSnap [via Life Rocks 2.0] [...]

  3. [...] About us AeroSnap Brings the Windows 7 Snap Feature to XP, Vista [Featured Windows Download] Thursday, November 13th, 2008 @ 11:00 am | Author: admin Windows only: Free application AeroSnap brings the new Windows 7 drag-and-snap-to-size feature to your pre-Windows 7 machine. With AeroSnap installed and running, pulling a window to the right edge of your screen resizes it to half of the screen on the right side; pulling it to the left resizes the window to your left half. Finally, pulling a window to the top of your monitor will maximize it. Handy! To get more Windows 7 features now, check out previously mentioned EnhanceMyVista or Aero Shake. AeroSnap is a free download, requires Windows and .NET 2.0. AeroSnap [via Life Rocks 2.0] [...]

  4. [...] About us AeroSnap Brings the Windows 7 Snap Feature to XP, Vista [Featured Windows Download] Thursday, November 13th, 2008 @ 3:00 pm | Author: admin Windows only: Free application AeroSnap brings the new Windows 7 drag-and-snap-to-size feature to your pre-Windows 7 machine. With AeroSnap installed and running, pulling a window to the right edge of your screen resizes it to half of the screen on the right side; pulling it to the left resizes the window to your left half. Finally, pulling a window to the top of your monitor will maximize it. Handy! To get more Windows 7 features now, check out previously mentioned EnhanceMyVista or Aero Shake. AeroSnap is a free download, requires Windows and .NET 2.0. AeroSnap [via Life Rocks 2.0] [...]

  5. [...] AeroSnap Brings the Windows 7 Snap Feature to XP, Vista [Featured Windows Download] Posted by news on Thursday, November 13, 2008, 10:30 This news item was posted in Technology category and has 0 Comments so far. Windows only: Free application AeroSnap brings the new Windows 7 drag-and-snap-to-size feature to your pre-Windows 7 machine. With AeroSnap installed and running, pulling a window to the right edge of your screen resizes it to half of the screen on the right side; pulling it to the left resizes the window to your left half. Finally, pulling a window to the top of your monitor will maximize it. Handy! To get more Windows 7 features now, check out previously mentioned EnhanceMyVista or Aero Shake. AeroSnap is a free download, requires Windows and .NET 2.0. AeroSnap [via Life Rocks 2.0] [...]

  6. [...] Windows only: Free application AeroSnap brings the new Windows 7 drag-and-snap-to-size feature to your pre-Windows 7 machine. With AeroSnap installed and running, pulling a window to the right edge of your screen resizes it to half of the screen on the right side; pulling it to the left resizes the window to your left half. Finally, pulling a window to the top of your monitor will maximize it. Handy! To get more Windows 7 features now, check out previously mentioned EnhanceMyVista or Aero Shake. AeroSnap is a free download, requires Windows and .NET 2.0. AeroSnap [via Life Rocks 2.0] [...]

  7. [...] for Vista and XP Via: Lifehacker and [...]

  8. “This feature is now available for XP and Vista. ”
    Did you mean to say “not” available for XP and Vista? Unless if you know of an update to make this happen in XP and Vista

  9. [...] desktop windows with just drag and drop. Aero Snap supports both Windows XP as well as Vista. Click here to view the full [...]

  10. mason says:

    @Raj: Considering this article is about an app that makes it work in XP and Vista, there was no mistake.

  11. jack says:

    wow that is cool!

  12. Kacie says:

    Thanks!!!!! I love it!!! =D

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