Answer to the most annoying problem of Windows 7

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Brian

This message was posted here because:
1. I couldn't find any newsgroup on Microsoft Communities for Windows 7
(which I believe is an absolute must)
2. the program mentioned at the end would also work for Vista.

From day one of upgrading to Windows 7, I was faced with the unpleasant
reality that Win7 doesn't remember the size and position of folders. To
further
torture me, for some reason unknown to me, it began to restrict some
programs' windows--such as IE , Outlook, Chrome, and a few other--to a fixed
size and position, not allowing any change no matter how many times I
resized, repositioned and restarted them. I even went as far as deleting the
"frame" entry in the registry for some programs such as Outlook, but it just
made the window to open in a new smaller uncompromising size and position!

After a very long time spend on searching the net and reading no-solution
answers, all I was able to find a little utility called "ShellFolderFix"
which through its awkward interface, solved the problem for Windows folders,
but not the programs. I read comments saying that they had bad experience
with some paid programs (such as Windows Manager) which allowed fixing the
size and position of program windows and nobody knew of anything that
worked.

Tired of spending more hours than a fulltime job on the issue, I was about
to give up when on my very last try I stumbled upon a fantastic *little*
freeware developed by someone in Japan which not only allows for fixing the
size and position of folders as well as *program* windows, but it also has
many other features which I hadn't even heard before. Furthermore, it's only
60 kb, doesn't require
installation (just run the file), and it allows for selective fixing of the
size and position of the program Windows, and it also works on XP, Vista
and Windows 7!

Why such a long post on my little discovery? because through my many days of
searching, I came across many people with the same problem, and thought that
the least I could do is to share this wonderful solution with as many people
as
I can and save them the time and trouble of trying things that won't work.

Program's name is "Pitaschio" (no, not pistachio!)

Link: http://pitaschio.ara3.net

Enjoy,

Brian
 
Sorry folks, the message was posted to XP newsgroup by mistake, although I
did see some people with XP who had the same problem ( I run a dual boot
laptop with XP and 7), and according to the author the utility mentioned
would also work in XP--although I have tried it only on Windows 7.

Hope it helps either way.

Brian
 
Why, oh why does it always take a 3rd-party solution to fix the endless M$
****-ups?
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Because M$ likes to share global wealth with people who are in the IT
industry like third party tool makers!.

On a serious note, Microsoft doesn't think it has "endless ****-ups" as you
put it otherwise it would correct them itself before shipping. This is
partly due to Microsoft Valuable Pigs (MVPs for short) who keep telling us
that Windows OS is fantastic and if there is anything wrong then it is do
with your own system and your intelligence to look after your own computer!
Pig-Bear is one of such opinions. If you look at his replies it all about
Anti-Virus software, whether it is current and why have you not installed
SP3 and all the updates since SP3.

hth
 
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LD55ZRA said:
Because M$ likes to share global wealth with people who are in the IT
industry like third party tool makers!.
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You say that M$ intentionally and repeatedly ****s things up for that
purpose.
 
You say that M$ intentionally and repeatedly ****s things up for that
purpose.
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Yes. That is why I say people shouldn't update their systems with new
updates post SP3. Why else would I say such things? For pleasure? To wind
up Pig-Bear & Ken Blake? Oh no. I am above all that nonsense.

Looking at all the problems people are having with updates, I am justified
not to trust updates from M$ besides I don't consider my system is weak. If
it ain't broken why fix it!! Remember that?

hth
 
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LD55ZRA said:
Yes. That is why I say people shouldn't update their systems with new
updates post SP3.
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But nobody listens to your "I say", which is why M$ keeps building new crap
to sell to the fools that bought the old stuff.
 
Greg Russell said:
In LD55ZRA <[email protected]> typed:

But nobody listens to your "I say", which is why M$ keeps building new
crap
to sell to the fools that bought the old stuff.
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Oh no they do all the time unless they fail to read my messages. Don't
forget, Microsoft doesn't like people like me to tell the truth.

Sheehan Stanley (MVP) has some systems not patched since SP3 and he was
bragging here the other day that they are very fast and very reliable. What
more can I expect from these newsgroups.

hth
 
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LD55ZRA said:
What more can I expect from these newsgroups.
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When the first Usenet component is microsoft.* , one can only expect to pay
for what's otherwise free and open-source wrt an operating system.

Next thing we'll see is an M$ television ad saying that Billy-Bubba invented
Usenet.
 
In
LD55ZRA said:
What more can I expect from these newsgroups.
Click to expand...

When the first Usenet component is microsoft.* , one can only expect to pay
for what's otherwise free and open-source wrt an operating system.

Next thing we'll see is an M$ television ad saying that Billy-Bubba invented
Usenet.
 
In
LD55ZRA said:
What more can I expect from these newsgroups.
Click to expand...

When the first Usenet component is microsoft.* , one can only expect to pay
for what's otherwise free and open-source wrt an operating system.

Next thing we'll see is an M$ television ad saying that Billy-Bubba invented
Usenet.
 
It's not a /Microsoft/ newsgroup and it's a sewer, like all alt.windows
newsgroups.
 
In

When the first Usenet component is microsoft.* , one can only expect to pay
for what's otherwise free and open-source wrt an operating system.

Next thing we'll see is an M$ television ad saying that Billy-Bubba invented
Usenet.
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Gee, Greg, now I'm looking for THREE TV ads!

Bill
 
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One could reasonably bet that you spend the vast majority of your time
watcing teevee.
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No no, but your message showed up three times, which is why is
capitalized three...

Bill
 
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Billns said:
No no, but your message showed up three times, which is why is
capitalized three...
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That sort of thing only happens with M$ NNTP clients, in this case
Outhouse-Distress.
 
No again, at least on this end. I use Thunderbird.
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Odd ... I thought you were referring to my posts. Of course the Mozilla
product out-performs anything M$ has ever done.
 
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