Icons do not fit in window on open

[Dewey]

Hi,

I am running Windows2k on a Dell latitude and recently I have noticed an
oddity. When I open some windows, but not all, (and they have to be set to
"Large Icons") the rows of icons extend beyond the right edge of the
window. Usually 3 or 4 icons are out of the window. If I hit F5 they
realign so they are all in the window.

This is behavior I expect from Win98 but I've never had this happen in
Win2k before. I have not changed any settings as far as I know. I have
installed a IE script that resets the size and placement of my browser
window - and I do have windows set to enable web content in windows. I made
this script because some annoying websites resize your browser window to
max dimensions and I hate that. So I can click the .url with the script and
get a new window back the right size. Could this be the culprit? Or
something else?

Any help or advice is appreciated. Feel free to reply here or by e-mail.
Thanks.

 

[Crouchie1998]

Why do you have a script to reset window placement for IE?

If you delete a registry key, it does it for you & is the correct way of do
it too

Registry Key for window placement:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main

Key to delete: 'Window_Placement'

Restart IE & the key will be recreated & IE will be back to normal position

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About the Icons, I don't know unless it has something to do with the Icon
Cache Size, see below:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer

Registry Key: 'Max Cached Icons'

Value: Change to '4096'

Reboot for the setting to take affect, but I don't think your problem is to
do with this quite honestly, but its always worth a try. You have nothing to
lose, do you?

Crouchie1998
BA (HONS) MCP MCSE

 

[Dewey]

Why do you have a script to reset window placement for IE?

If you delete a registry key, it does it for you & is the correct way
of do it too

Registry Key for window placement:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main

Key to delete: 'Window_Placement'

Restart IE & the key will be recreated & IE will be back to normal
position

It is not the placement but the size. Some websites resize the browser
window. The easiest way I have found to fix this with the script:
about:<script>window.resizeTo((screen.width*.65),screen.height*.65);window.moveTo(350,250)</script>

This restores the size of the window and also puts it just below and
right of center.

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About the Icons, I don't know unless it has something to do with the
Icon Cache Size, see below:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer

Registry Key: 'Max Cached Icons'

Value: Change to '4096'

Reboot for the setting to take affect, but I don't think your problem
is to do with this quite honestly, but its always worth a try. You
have nothing to lose, do you?

Crouchie1998
BA (HONS) MCP MCSE

I'll try it. Thanks