The feature of windows size and positioning is NOT available in Win 7 without a third party utility running which in turn adds to the overhead of the operating system and slows down the system.
Same goes for the Classic Start menu - the XP version was compact, easy to modify, fast, easily organized. The person who made the decision to leave these out or the person who approved the release of Win 7 without it - just flat out should be fired today. Win 7 seems to be a very robust stable platform - but without these two Basic features is atrocious to work in.
No alexander the point of the original question was - Windows does NOT remember the folder position and size. Not always do we work with all our folders open. This is the functionality we have been crying out for in this thread. Alexander, do you realize how incredible it is to get even an acknowledgement out of MSFT on this issue? Please let the Explorer developers know that we will all send them flowers if they just make Explorer work as well as it once did. I have a work-around for displaying your Windows Explorer files and folders in Windows 7 and Windows Server and making them look like they did in Windows XP and Windows Server I can't help thinking that this change from XP was by design, to reduce code and processing overhead, and thus improve speed of opening of Explorer.
Whether this is justifed given the speed of even the lowest ranked PC these days, I'm not sure. I have also noticed that some features of XP that we all took for granted, such as Outlook Express, have gone, and it is necessary to download software to take its place.
So having to use third party software to regain feature of XP that we enjoyed in the past may be the way of the future. The hotfix does provide a workaround for some cases, but is by no means a real fix. It's not an issue that will be fixed, it was intentionally designed this way although I sure wish I knew what the heck those engineers were thinking. Since it's operating according to the specification, it will not be changed while Windows in in maintenance cycle. The earliest we'll see this functionality change will be Windows 8.
Sorry but it's true. The help file even confirms that it was designed that way. And after a version of Windows is released, the code is not allowed to change unless it is for security or bugs. Since it's "as designed", this won't change until the new codebase is out. Take a look at this screenshot for confirmation. Sad but true. I'm not sure why they'd make such a change. Perhaps we'll receive an answer, similar to the explanation of why there is no more File Types dialog in Windows 7. As listed earlier in the thread, try ShellFolderFix.
I've been using it for over a year, and it really works in solving this Windows 7 deficiency. I've not seen any instability or negative side effects. Explorer in Windows 7 is incapable of remembering size or position of anything but the very last window closed.
This little freeware app fixes that, as well as allowing you to see the path in the title of your Explorer windows:. This is related to issue 2. I was having this problem plus whenever windows waking up from sleep mode would stack all open application windows in top left corner resizing them to a smaller common size.
Regarding issue 2 above All folders are not created equal, and hence the way I prefer to view each folder is different. Good news is that yes, individual folders will remember their view setting. Say you have these folders set up the following way:. The set view on one folder will not affect the other in any way, and will be preserved every time you open the folder.
That is, the Botany Project folder will always show extra large icons. But there is a caveat. Libraries are not folders. Libraries, actually, are "instant search results" in fact, a Library is just a query file saved as a. They open with Explorer in the same way that Zip files do. Like zip files, libraries may visually appear to be the same as a folder, but they're not. A library layout is stored in the query file, and so any view you set in a library will apply to your entire session of browsing that library.
That is, if you open you Documents library, set it to large icons, it will show Large Icons for every folder you open from that library. Instead, if you click your name at the top of the Start menu, then browse to the Documents folder directly, you'll see that the individualized views are still there and utilized.
Download and install the free package ShellFolderFix and you'll get back the folder positioning that you crave. I get really overcome by a feeling of impotence, when I read this discussion.. I will read through to the end of the thread, still hoping to find the answer,.. I will explain the problem once more for the people that haven't understood it yet THIS is where the problem is visible,..
I am getting fed up with this,.. They've even acknowledged that they know people aren't happy about it. Personally, I suspect the implementation of Explorer after XP was such a mess that they just had to carve functionality out of it entirely in order to be able to continue to support it. Fixing it was probably beyond them, technically. What's wrong with using an add-on application like ShellFolderFix? I've used it for a year and a half - it just works.
And the price is right. It's that Almost part that I suspect of being the reason they took out the functionality entirely. Vista would occasionally or after a while forget. Even if you made the "BagsMRU" tweak to the registry - it would just take longer to forget. It works every time and does not forget. For those still having this problem with Vista I have Vista Basic , the solution that worked for me was this. Closing it this way. Comp" and drag it edge to edge of my Monitor not using Maximise Button , and then close it.
MS admits that one issue is NOT fixed to the satisfaction of us in this thread, and they are thinking about it. Guess I have to gamble and try it. No one has clearly said whether that last alleged solution works for the ONE part of the problem MS admits they are still thing about. Install the free program ShellFolderFix and you will stop worrying about Windows not remembering Explorer window positions.
It works and it's stable. I've not had much luck with ShellFolderFix--if I move windows for any reason it asserts the new position instead. Windows can be of apps other than Explorer i. Did my homework on differences and had high hopes.
Now I realize that XP and earlier Office versions without that ridiculous ribbon-bar crap, time-wasting ribbon-bar crap, worthless ribbon-bar crap, bloated ribbon-bar crap!!! Should've taken all that money and simply bought a SSD and more memory instead. Office Office Exchange Server. Not an IT pro?
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Windows 7 User Interface. Sign in to vote. This problem is really for people using the "open each folder in its own window" option. When a window is opened it has a size and a location. Whatever window is opened next will have the same size and location. This is so annoying and it should not be behaving this way. EACH window should remember its own size and positioning so that the next time it is opened it will open in the same place and with the same size.
This is not happening. When a window is opened in Windows 7, it will open with the size and position of whatever window was last opened. You end up moving and resizing every window once it is opened to get it back where it was the last time you used it.
This can't possibly be by design. Can someone tell me if this is a bug or is it by design. Here is the million dollar question Monday, August 24, PM.
I went ahead and created a video that explains this issue. Please let me know if you have any questions. And again Has anyone found a workaround that does not involve using 3rd party software?
Marked as answer by bucks Monday, December 14, PM. Wednesday, September 2, PM. Hello all, I am a software developer in the Windows division and would like to thank you for raising this issue to us through the forums. We definitely hear your frustration on this issue.
We actively monitor forum conversations in an effort to receive feedback that helps us continually improve our products, so we have logged this feedback accordingly. I want to assure you that this feedback will be taken seriously and given appropriate consideration. Also, I'd like to point out I'm not following a script : Thank you for your help! Tuesday, November 3, AM. Wednesday, August 25, AM. Ok so there are two totally separate issues: 1 The "Restore previous folder windows at logon" option issue: Originally, this option would only remember the size, but not the position of those windows that were opened at logoff.
Hope this helps clarify things. Thursday, August 26, PM. All the previous versions did it correctly. Lets say you opened window A The next time you opened window A it would be in that same position and have the same size as it did when you closed it. That's how it should work and that is how it has always worked as far as I know.
In windows 7 this is what happens You opened window A You then open window B and size it and move it where you want and then close it. If you now re-open window A, it will have the size and position of window B. Hence the problem. In Windows 7 any window that is opened will have the same size and location of whatever window was last opened. Is there a workaround that does not invole 3rd party software?
Tuesday, August 25, PM. It should work properly, as on our test computers. Please follow the steps below. Open Registry. Find the following keys. Delete the keys. Please check if the issue persists. Thursday, August 27, AM. I am confused. However, ALL of my Windows 7 machines exhibit the same exact behavior. Are you saying that ALL of them have bad registry entries? It sounds like you are saying that it doesn't really work right so delete these values in the registry and see if that works.
Thursday, August 27, PM. Hi, I've also noticed this bug!? That's the reason why I've Vista running atm, else I whould change immediatly to 7 because of some other improvements. The fix mentioned above doesn't do the trick. I guess in 7 these settings are actually for remebering the View-Style which is stored for each folder , but not the folder-size and folder-position. What I noticed is, that the checkbox in "Folder Options" to store Sizes individually for every Folder is gone, in my Vista it's there.
I hope this get's fixed or an explanation, why this in my opinion essential feature was dropped. I would love to have this fixed as well. My issue is mostly with input panel, it opens at the top of the screen every time, I don't really care to have it docked all the time, I use my tablet in landscape mode, leaves no space for the browser.
I tried both fixes, but neither fixed it. In vista you could hold ctrl and click close to save position. Friday, August 28, AM. There sure does seem to be a lot of confusion. There are people out there that are still saying that there is a workaround for this but there isn't that I can see.
This is one of the stupidest things I have found in Windows 7. How did this issue make it through beta testing? Friday, August 28, PM. I'll give youa straight answer. Are you ready? Answer: individual window size and position is not saved as it should be. Code error, no workaround.
Not being able to reliably control the size and position of windows has irritated me for years and when I went to a dual monitor setup I decided something had to be done.
Regards Skier Proposed as answer by mkanet2 Sunday, October 2, PM. The thing is it only remembers folders for desktop shortcuts.
I swear it doesn't work for me in Vista. I open docs, position it in a certain way, then close it. When I open the music, it opens in the same spot, exactly. I customize it, close it, then open docs, and now my docs is where I last left music. I don't know what I'm doing different other than doing it in a VPC. What does? If you're referring to ZMover only 'remembering folders for desktop shortcuts' then you're incorrect.
Saturday, August 29, PM. Remember Shawn we are talking about people that have the following option selected: "Open each folder in it's own window" You may have it set to "Open each folder in the same window" Too see what you have it set to open any window, click on Organize and select "Folder and Search Options". Monday, August 31, AM. Regards Skier I was refering to windows explorer. I think you don't have to set it to "Open each folder in it's own window" to see the effect of remebering the positions.
In my Vista, every folder opens in the same window and if I open a folder on my Desktop e. I have the folders Programs, Games it opens in the last size and the last position i've closed it. So I choose to open the Programs folder, size it the size I like, put it in the upper right corner and close it. Same for my Games folder, where I set the size and the position e. Next time I open the Programs folder, it has remebered it's position and pops up in the upper right.
Same thing with my Games folder, it pops up in the bottom right. In Windows 7 the position and size of the last closed folder will become global. So my Programs folder will open like the last folder I closed the Games folder and will pop up in the lower right with the size of the Games folder.
Maybe Shawn has deactivated this. If its set to 1, it does not and behave like 7. Monday, August 31, PM. You are correct. But you said it perfectly Obviously the registry action does not work in Windows 7 because there isn't even an entry for "ClassicViewState".
I can't believe no one has found a possible workaround for this. Please let me know if you have a workaround or if you know if it is going to be fixed. I don't have windows 7 on a my drive right now but if you add this key "ClassicViwewState" could it make a difference? I'm kind of afraid to add that registry entry without knowing what it will do. Somebody want to try it out? It was already there so of course no need to add it and also it's value was set to "0".
I think it might be in that bagsmru section. You have to understand how software comes to be. Tuesday, September 1, AM. I seriously do not know how you are seeing it. Tuesday, September 1, PM. Ralph Bley. That makes sense. It really shouldn't be there after an upgrade but it doesn't surprise me that it doesn't work.
I think it would take an astute, detail-conscious person to notice. I don't know about that at all. At least 7 people I know using W7 has asked me about this issue. Wednesday, September 2, AM. That was a very entertaining video and to the point, I hope the more people watch this the more they will realize and understand the issue.
I was hoping it made sense. Great idea and an excellent video. Hope it makes this bug more popular so that they fix it soon. Man, are you ever wrong!
All versions of Windows upto XP remember folder settings faithfully. In Vista, the problem surfaced with folder view settings. For the most part it is ok, but when you have a lot of files and folders things get forgotten. In Windows 7 the folder views are completely and utterly screwed! Friday, September 4, AM. I remember Windows not remembering.
And I know XP doesn't. But the second part I totally agree with. That is not how XP or behaved. Remember, we are talking about using the "Open each folder in it's own window" option.
XP always remembers where your windows was and its size. Friday, September 4, PM. Is it important whether you launch folder windows in a separate process? I personally don't see this issue as I have only one shortcut to explorer on my desktop, but out of curiosity Launching folders in a seperate process had no effect when I tested it. The only effect that SeparateProcess has is that all Explorer windows are run in a different process than the initial explorer. Two explorer processes instead of one.
In my option it is a design flaw, demonstrated by the bag registry keys being generated in previous versions even when the "Remember each folder's view settings" is selected , hence why I believe they dropped the option from Windows 7 since it never really worked right. And we won't even go into the worthless desktop.
I am astounded that MS is so maliciously obtuse not to comprehend that some of us don't want our explorer windows changing ever. It serves me no purpose, while I don't begrudge those who like the feature it seems especially vindictive, as well as wasteful, not to provide a simple default view for those who find the feature trite. I especially don't like the idea fiddling with the registry to implement a work-around that MS can't be bothered to provide. And even after the work-around Bag keys are still being generated bloating up my registry.
The following site has a good workaround: www. Edited by tachikoma Saturday, September 5, AM. Now I see what's happening here. There have bean three major complaints. Allthree of these are causing confusion. Three seperate issues. The first is windows does not remember the size of icons in folders. The second is windows does not remember the size and position of individual windows.
There is a workaround to correct the size of icons but no one yet has solved windows size and position as far as I know. The third major issue is disabling auto arrange icons in folders.
Either way for two of these there is no workaround and why these features are gone we do not know. Article 1. Window size and position - unsolved Article 2. Disable auto arrange icons and disable align to grid to allow mannualy placing icons - removed and unsolved Article 3.
Apply settings to all folders for icons to be the same size - solved registry workaround Duck. Saturday, September 5, AM. What I am trying to accomplish here is to get an answer. Is this by design, or is it a bug.
The lack of real feedback from Microsoft indicates to me that this is either by design or something that fell through the cracks and they don't want to fix it. I do know that many, many beta testers reported this issue early on so there should not be any excuses. I would really like to know though Monday, September 14, PM. The way these forums are run in a way explains a lot about the Windows7 issues. My feeling is that Windows7 software development has been arranged according the same approach: cut into pieces and outsourced to various sub-groups or maybe even sub-contractors.
Same as with your phone line: as long as it works you are a happy customer, as soon as you hit a problem then there is really nothing to do, the machine is just too big to fight against. I doubt the [MSFT] people here are able to tell you if it's a bug or it's by design. You must have noticed that during the beta and RC periods the answers here were given by people in Redmond possibly with some not too remote contact with the developers. Now that Windows 7 is a released product support is provided by MSFT Chinese personnel who obviously have zero contact with the developers.
I'm sure that's the case I know it is broken down. My cynical side wants to believe that they took the feature out to almost defacto force people to position their own windows with the new snap stuff I hope they are not trying to force this on us.
Thursday, September 24, PM. It sucks hard Friday, September 25, AM. I'm afraid I'd have to agree. Whilst WindowManager does work around the issue mostly , it is slow and needs lots of "special entries" to be of any real use.
I just spent the better part of 3 days installing Win7 on my production machine, and I had so many application compatibility issues Like Adobe creative suite, daemon tools, games not working, acrotray crashing and so on , that I had to go back to Vista.
And that too was a nightmare. With the mb partition Win7 created I couldn't use my Acronis image to restore my system. I had to clean my partitions, recreate my bootrec and restore, then run a startup repair to get it working again.
When I installed Win7 RC, it was just a matter of days for me to realise how much I hated what they had done to file management; I found that file management and media management media player, thumbnails, media center, etc in Windows 7 were truly horrible. I was coming from years of XP at home and about one year of Vista on the work laptop so I thought that I was suffering from typical resistance to change and all the people who had hyped how good the beta was could not be wrong and so I kept trying and trying to change my mind.
Unfortunately several months later I haven't changed my mind. Friday, September 25, PM. Buccaneer Mk II. Sunday, October 25, PM. Windows 95, 98, and XP all remembered the individual setting of each folder. Please also take a look at my comments in reply to Arthur Xie with reference to the way each folder is displayed. After spending two hours on the phone with Microsoft Tech support yesterday with two different technicians, and then another hour on line live chat - all of them wanted to take over my machine as they said that this was not the case - and then at the end when they could not get it to remember tried to describe this as a "feature" - it is quite apparent that NO ONE in tech support at Microsoft has a clue that this was "left out" and none would commit as to whether or not this was on the slate or would ever be fixed.
It was very evident that my daughter knows more about Windows operation than the three techs I dealt with - the support level is the absolute worse, I've ever experienced - I'm tired of them telling me "Please to allow me to reconcile this problem for you".
I can't imagine that corporate America is going to allow its employees to come in and spend the first 15 minutes every day rebuilding their desktop - not exactly a productivity enhancement.
There are several "fixes" posted in groups - but none of them work. There is supposedly a utility called Windows Manager to fix this - but we shouldn't have to buy a utility to have one of the most basic of functions of Windows. I called Redmund and got the company that does their press relations - and told them the story and they honestly acted amazed by this issue.
They gave me the main switch board at Redmond and I was told that I should email the issue to: advocate microsoft. So everyone - please send your emails now and while you're at it - tell then you want the classic start menu back also.
Thursday, October 29, PM. No workaround as of yet outside of a utility "Windows Manager". No help at that site for this issue - it's an omission of code in the final version. Folders Don't remember size and possition by design. Quote from link, on features removed from Windows 7 "It is not possible to set Windows Explorer to remember individual window size and position. Each window shares the same size, and their position cascades as more windows are opened. Sunday, November 1, AM.
What about different applications? Each time I open each app, they open the same size and position as last time I opened them though they cascade if I open more than one at once - I can live with that. I would be mightily unimpressed if this were not the case with Win7, and they defaulted to the same size as the last time Windows Explorer was opened I hope that the glitch is one of the earliest updates..
But there's no way they would release a patch just for this. You'd think that Microsoft would be extra cautious about making fundamental changes like this after the great Vista stumble Monday, November 2, AM.
Outlook and IE usually remember their settings for me. Tuesday, November 3, PM. This UI change in 7 is very frustrating, seems like a glaring omission or an arrogant, paternal decision. Thanks for positive news Alexander! Hello Alexander, I am in the process of evaluating Win7 for use in my company and have had employees trying it out on my personal system.
Many of them have commented on the lack of the ability to save the settings in individual folders. I will not have them wasting time every day resetting each folders settings so that they may accomplish their work more productively.
This issue is a deal breaker for me and my company and I would appreciate some prompt feedback on whether it will or will not be addressed. Thank You. It works well. Go ahead and try it. Forget about Microsoft, for the last three years and more we have been nagging them on this exact same issue in Vista, which was never resolved and none of the registry tweaks worked, at least not for me, which is why I have been using XP all along.
Now I am trying Win 7, which seems to be just a trimmed version of Vista with all the same garbage, only this time WindowManager solved it for me! I am not marketing this utility but if you have been as frustrated as I have, then please go ahead and buy it or try it right now and stop wasting your time and energy with MS. Shame on you MS! I think that I figured it out. Then close it with the X and open it again.
Works for IE and Win Explorer. Wednesday, November 4, AM. Under Make it easier to manage windows , do one of the following: To turn Snap off, select the Prevent windows from being automatically arranged when moved to the edge of the screen check box.
Click OK. Sorry for breaking this up into 2 posts. I didn't realize that Snap was the culprit until I'd already posted my first response. Since it's not that Win 7 doesn't remember windows size and position, but that it doesn't remember when Snap is involved, please Microsoft, make it remember the size and position when Snap is on, and windows are snapped into position and then maybe moved where I want them to go.
I really like Snap, but it's not worth it if, for it to remember the window size and position, I have to get the window just big enough so that Snap isn't involved I tried the method you described MJS1A but unfortunately doesnt work. Window manager does the trick though, too bad we have to use third party software for something that should have been done in windows 7 like it was in XP.
Wednesday, November 4, PM. With XP You could open many Folders drag them to different sizes. Position them at different spots on the Desktop, Close them, and when reopening them they would all open to the same size, and spot on the Desktop that they were closed.
MJS1A, it seems you are talking about the Internet Explorer window and the Explorer window these are application windows not desktop windows. The fact that you had the "open each folder in same window" set means you are not talking about the same issue we are talking about. To you there is really one open window in explore you call it explorer window which you move around and whenever you open anything, it is within that same window. So when you close this only window you are using and it being the only window and your last window and reopen it, it will open in the same location and size as you last closed it.
Now, in our case we are using several separate windows and we open each folder in its own window, and here is where Win 7, like Vista, mess up! Neither will remember where each window was opened and what size it was! They will open each consecutive window in the size and location of the last one closed, as user0one explained in much fewer words! So far WindowManager seems to be our only option, I am not sure if there are similar utilities out there, I would appreciate any info on them.
Bless you all. Was it stored in each folder's hidden "desktop. Or was it in the registry if so, how many could it remember, and in which subkey? Thursday, November 5, AM. Sorry for the misunderstanding. I see what you're saying. Thanks for reexplaning it to me. Hope that I haven't muddied the waters here. Hi all I've been reading this thread with some amusement, I too have been having the same problem, only with Windows Picture Viewer.
When I use it to preview a picture, it opens on the bottom of the stack, instead of the top, which to be frank, is pointless. I've just upgraded from XP, and everything else about 7 is great, apart from this one niggling annoyance.
Report it as disfunctional. How do I do that? Thursday, November 5, PM. Proposed as answer by bigjohn-s Wednesday, November 18, PM.
Saturday, November 14, PM. Where are all the posts? That, plus breadcrumbs, and the stupid 2" thick "chrome" on top of all folders XP 64 is my current OS.
It works the way I want it to not the way someone else does. That's my biggest complaint with Apple, by the way Well, Microsoft seems to be on that bus too. Wednesday, November 18, AM. Hello Alexander, Thank you for your post, even if it does sound like a script. However, the people here, including me, want to know if something will actually be done about the problem. It's not enough to "take it seriously" and give it "appropriate consideration.
Windows 7 is totally unacceptable to me as it now functions. Please let us know - I have a few days yet before I must return my new laptop. Thursday, November 19, PM. I rely on this behavior to "tile" my desktop with open windows and applications.
Each time I open them, they appear exactly how and where I previously put them. My preference for file folder windows is slightly different. This way, I wouldn't have to worry about messing up my saved window settings if I temporarily rejiggered some windows for the task at hand. Actually, for the most part, I don't want window settings to be saved.
But, for certain folders that I open frequently, this functionality would absolutely be useful. Alexander Sklar: Developer replies are definitely appreciated, so thank you. Please keep us updated Edited by joeboxer Thursday, November 19, PM clarified "for file folder windows". You will not be happy with Windows 7. I believe Dell is still offering the "pre-installed downgrade to XP" on its notebooks. Hi fanfarenj Not a bad idea. I have several computers, and actually no problems any more with Vista, so perhaps I should return this and get a Vista machine if possible.
As some of the other members have mentioned, the Desksoft. It automagically remembers the sizes and positions of several kinds of windows, most especially Windows Explorer folders. It doesn't do well when two folders have the same name, because it remembers only the folder name and not the full path, but I haven't tried all of the options yet.
If I were Microsoft: I'd buy these guys out, set them up for life and send their kids to college, make sure this thing can remember paths as well as folder names, and create a downloadable patch out of it. Better yet an automatic update. Otherwise, the reputation of Windows 7 will become as muddy as that of Vista.
This is no small matter. Seems to be a revised version of Vista with fewer features, especially explorer - although the desktop theme is fabulous.
Seesons greetings! It runs two services at least x64 it does , only about 10mb of RAM. Getting back to that would be excellent Also, WM can be slow at times. You can see the windows moving and changing shape as WM applies your settings for that particular folder, even on an overclocked I And lastly, There are times when it cuts off parts of dialogs making some buttons inaccepssible, because the last window size was smaller than the one being displayed, and they can't be resized.
This happens most noteably with install programs, like Canons printer installers, Adobe CS4 Installer, iTumes and others. You could delete the entry from WM's database and start the installer again, but what a hassle. I would have paid more. The lack of functionality in Win 7 explorer is so annoying that WM is worth it, even with it's few idiosyncrasies. Friday, November 20, AM.
Yep - I wish that WM could be configured to do its magic only on the windows of explorer. Other programs pretty much take care of themselves, and if they don't it's not because of Windows 7. I haven't yet figured out a way to make WM do that. Heck with Microsoft - if they do decide this is a problem, it will take a year for them to fix it. Friday, November 20, PM. It is a Desktop Manager.
Works good on My XP puters. My 7 PC just uses motherboard video , so not sure how Hydravision works with Windows 7. Bigjohn-s, tell us why you feel it's better than Vista. I will debate you and the moderators will delete me instead. Boots faster. Networking seems more stable. Great improvements in video performance. HDD performance near that of XP. But this damn UI "do it our way or f-off" mantra, well Maybe wehn this is fixed I'll revisit the issue.
Are you guys noticing the theme here? One post from a microsoft guy. Then the rest of us trying to figure out what the heck is going on. Only to find LESS functionality? Where did the expectation come from?
First, it is possible in both Vista and Windows 7 to get a separate Explorer window each time you run a shortcut, even with the "Open each folder in the same window" option selected. I find this to my liking. With the above setup, Vista will remember a different folder position and size for each different target i. That is, until it starts forgetting things in general.
There are registry tweaks to help reduce that but they only go so far. Please add my voice to those requesting a fix for this. Thank you. Saturday, November 21, AM. I've skimmed through the above and unless I've missed it, there's still no solution. This is annoying the heck out of me. It's a 'feature' that goes out of its way to undo any productivity gains touted as a benefit of Win7.
Are e any closer to a simple solution? It's a feature, not a bug. Believe it or not, it's quite intentional on Microsoft's part. Folder window size and position now revert to the currently open window or the last-closed window. I wrote to advocate microsoft. He is apparently on a team evaluating the seriousness of this issue.
He had little to offer for immediate workarounds, but wanted to learn how I used the computer and why I cared about folder size and position. He did suggest jump lists and window "snap," but neither of those really helps me a lot. Bottom line, there is no help from Microsoft, though there is the possibility that size and position memory will be restored as an update someday. Or not. I've experimented with WindowManager from www.
I think there may be a new update coming which will make that easier. Jack had not heard about this, by the way, but he has now. Tuesday, November 24, PM. This Operating System is driving me crazy. It's obvious that they expect you to operate out of one window, and not multiple ones, which really makes me question "Why is it called Windows? Reading that this was intended, just re-affirms the obvious reality that Microsoft is completely out of touch with what I expect out of Windows, as well as the other users that have posted here.
Microsoft does not care to listen to what users want, contrary to the advertising campaign currently aired on television. I was dumbstruck when I viewed the first commercial, making the absurd statement "Windows 7 was my idea". That's funny, because Microsoft has continuously removed key features that I use. Finding a toothpaste cap ring on the sink once a day can build up a fair amount of aggravation over the course of years.
I don't think Microsoft realizes that now, every time I have to open a Window in their new OS, I am getting more and more pissed off and aggravated with it. It's like Microsoft is leaving multiple toothpaste cap rings all over my house every day. The aggravation builds quickly. I just want a simple OS, like Win98, that is stable. I don't want a bunch if fancy BS eye candy, and a group of developers deciding what features I can and cannot have in my OS.
I'm having that conversation now. PS - I think "jack" is just a generic name Wednesday, November 25, PM. I've sent my email to them, and haven't heard anything. I'm from Australia. I'm from Australia Did you send to that advocate email? Make sure microsoft. Thursday, November 26, AM. Sure did. Sure is. Sent another one today too. Thursday, November 26, PM. Saturday, November 28, PM.
Microsoft wanted to do an OS for people who wouldn't dream of visiting a site called "TechNet". It's a good thing.
Unfortunately to achieve this noble goal they chose to frustrate the experienced users. To achieve simplicity there were two routes: 1 take away functionality 2 hide the complexity unless you have a reason to see it They went for option 1 because it takes less money and time to implement. Windows made simple: So simple that only a simpleton could like it. Sunday, November 29, AM. Monday, November 30, PM. I used it for a while, but found that it didn't quite do what I wanted, and I knew that when the time limit expired I wouldn't buy it.
So I wrote some Free software to remember Explorer window positions for me. WindowsWhere keeps your Explorer windows where you want them, and that's it. It doesn't have many features just about 1, in fact , but that's not all bad: I only wanted the 1 feature anyway.
And, if new features are requested, it might even grow to implement them. WindowsWhere is released under the GPL v3. You can download the source and installer here. If you are a developer and have been bitten by this problem, give it a try; maybe you'll end up contributing.
If you just want to give it a try, feel free no warranty, of course! Anyway, hope that helps someone else until Microsoft fixes this problem! Tuesday, December 1, AM.
Power users are not going to LIVE inside "libraries" browsing for pictures or mp3's. I have an MP3 player, thank you very much The final responses that i got from "advocate" Jack were less than satisfactory - not quite a 'blow off', but Wednesday, December 2, PM. They basically told you that Win7 would continue to operate as-is, but that if they ever decide to fix it, that fix will come in the form of a Service Pack or an Update, right? And Totalcmd would start in the same state I closed it.
Any fix? Post by dott » Sun Aug 31, pm Any chance of having the wincmd. And if it ever will, I hope it will be optional! Post by karlchen » Sun Aug 31, pm Hi, nightrhyme. I can confirm Petermad's statement that T. This is true for Windows XP as well. Therefore, I assume that on Windows XP you may have activated an extra function of your video driver software e.
Regards, Karl. Post by petermad » Sun Aug 31, pm you may have activated an extra function. Post by nightrhyme » Mon Sep 01, pm hehehe I can say with absolute certainty that I have not activated any special setting nor have I used any script. I have been using TC for some years now. It has always remembered it's windows position from win98 - winxp.
It also does so at all my friends computers winxp with all different hardware. Post by karlchen » Mon Sep 01, pm Hello, nightrhyme. I definitely know - as do all longtime forum members and longtime T. You have to position and size the window once manually and select "Save position" manually.
Whenever T. Talking about something like an extra function of your video driver software , I had in mind two threads which started as complaints because T.
One of the threads is in German, so I will not reference it here. The other thread where the same problem is reported, Odd window behavior , reveals the same video driver addon software as the cause: Hydravision. Kind regards, Karl. Without any settings or any scripts.
But since you guys so avidly defends your cause. Post by karlchen » Mon Sep 01, pm Hi, nighrhyme. If TC did that on XP before, it's because you have been running 3rd party software which autosaved the TC window position for you and restored it on the next TC restart.
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