I'm anal about window size and positions

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but W2K doesn't seem to share my analness.

Does anyone know why W2K doesn't reliably, after closing a window by
shutting down the app, restore it to the size and position that it occupied
on the screen when you next open that app?

If it's just a W2K quirk, and I'm thinking it is after diddleing with it off
and on since W2K was released, is there a utility that's "better than
others" that will manage the window sizes and positions in the background? I
had pretty much learned to live with it until I just moved from an old 17
inch CRT to a 21 inch wide aspect LCD monitor and now it's even more
irritating than before with all that screen real estate.

Any feedback is appreciated.
 
Re: I'm anal about window size and positions

You might ask the application developer about this. Also here is at least
some insight into this.

http://www.codeproject.com/dialog/WndPosMgr.asp

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"jim" wrote:
> but W2K doesn't seem to share my analness.
>
> Does anyone know why W2K doesn't reliably, after closing a window by
> shutting down the app, restore it to the size and position that it
> occupied on the screen when you next open that app?
>
> If it's just a W2K quirk, and I'm thinking it is after diddleing with it
> off and on since W2K was released, is there a utility that's "better than
> others" that will manage the window sizes and positions in the background?
> I had pretty much learned to live with it until I just moved from an old
> 17 inch CRT to a 21 inch wide aspect LCD monitor and now it's even more
> irritating than before with all that screen real estate.
>
> Any feedback is appreciated.
>
 
Re: I'm anal about window size and positions

Normal Windows applications do exactly as you describe. IF they aren't
then you might try holding the ctrl key while closing with the "x" in
the upper right. Some applications and utilities on the other hand are
"hard coded" to a particular location and size, you will need to
determine the difference.

jim wrote:

> but W2K doesn't seem to share my analness.
>
> Does anyone know why W2K doesn't reliably, after closing a window by
> shutting down the app, restore it to the size and position that it occupied
> on the screen when you next open that app?
>
> If it's just a W2K quirk, and I'm thinking it is after diddleing with it off
> and on since W2K was released, is there a utility that's "better than
> others" that will manage the window sizes and positions in the background? I
> had pretty much learned to live with it until I just moved from an old 17
> inch CRT to a 21 inch wide aspect LCD monitor and now it's even more
> irritating than before with all that screen real estate.
>
> Any feedback is appreciated.
>
>
 
Re: I'm anal about window size and positions

It's up to the individual applications to restore window/size
position, not win2k, some do it & some don't. All my apps do. It's
theoretically possible to have a utility that "watches" all app
windows as they open and close, cache their properties and restore
them . . . but I wouldn't try it, apps have too many types of windows
that are hard to track.


On Fri, 14 Sep 2007 15:48:34 -0500, "jim" <jgwray@hotmail.com> wrote:

>but W2K doesn't seem to share my analness.
>
>Does anyone know why W2K doesn't reliably, after closing a window by
>shutting down the app, restore it to the size and position that it occupied
>on the screen when you next open that app?
>
>If it's just a W2K quirk, and I'm thinking it is after diddleing with it off
>and on since W2K was released, is there a utility that's "better than
>others" that will manage the window sizes and positions in the background? I
>had pretty much learned to live with it until I just moved from an old 17
>inch CRT to a 21 inch wide aspect LCD monitor and now it's even more
>irritating than before with all that screen real estate.
>
>Any feedback is appreciated.
>
 
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