Remembering window positions

[Paul]

Does anyone know how to get a program or Windows to remember the
position of a programs window?
I have this one program that keeps loading up with its windows almost
completely out of the bottom of the screen, and no matter what I try
it won't remember where I drag it to. I've tried uninstalling and even
cleaning the registry before re-installing.
Does anyone have any ideas?

Thanks,

Paul

 

[Newbie Coder]

Paul,

What is the name of the application?

There is a registry fix for the Internet Explorer Window Placement that I
know of, but without knowing what application you are speaking of its
difficult to help you.

 

[Terry]

On 5/12/2007 6:15 PM On a whim, Paul pounded out on the keyboard

Does anyone know how to get a program or Windows to remember the
position of a programs window?
I have this one program that keeps loading up with its windows almost
completely out of the bottom of the screen, and no matter what I try
it won't remember where I drag it to. I've tried uninstalling and even
cleaning the registry before re-installing.
Does anyone have any ideas?

Thanks,

Paul

Hi Paul,

There used to be the old trick of sizing the window to your liking, hold
down the Shift key and using File, Exit rather than clicking the X in
the upper right corner (Exit isn't universal, in Explorer it would be
File, Close). You could give that a try. You can also try Ctrl instead
of Shift.

Did you try the Maximize button and then closing per the above?

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[Paul]

On 5/12/2007 6:15 PM On a whim, Paul pounded out on the keyboard


Hi Paul,

There used to be the old trick of sizing the window to your liking, hold
down the Shift key and using File, Exit rather than clicking the X in
the upper right corner (Exit isn't universal, in Explorer it would be
File, Close). You could give that a try. You can also try Ctrl instead
of Shift.

Did you try the Maximize button and then closing per the above?

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Hi guys,

Its called AxCrypt (a small file encryption program) and its the small
window that asks for the password. There are no minimise or maximise
button on this windows, nor are there any menus either.
I tried shift and close, ctrl and close and shift, alt and f4 but it
just keeps popping up half hidden at the bottom of the screen.

Paul

 

[Terry]

On 5/12/2007 6:56 PM On a whim, Paul pounded out on the keyboard

Hi guys,

Its called AxCrypt (a small file encryption program) and its the small
window that asks for the password. There are no minimise or maximise
button on this windows, nor are there any menus either.
I tried shift and close, ctrl and close and shift, alt and f4 but it
just keeps popping up half hidden at the bottom of the screen.

Paul

Paul,

Dialogs within programs don't usually have the options as I suggested.
Have you tried changing your display resolution? Maybe you're running
at one that AxCrypt can't adjust to. Shouldn't be that way, but then
again it's a free program.

Newbie is a coder so maybe he'll look at the source and figure out what
the problem is.


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[V Green]

Hi guys,

Its called AxCrypt (a small file encryption program) and its the small
window that asks for the password. There are no minimise or maximise
button on this windows, nor are there any menus either.
I tried shift and close, ctrl and close and shift, alt and f4 but it
just keeps popping up half hidden at the bottom of the screen.

Paul

It is very possible to hard code an absolute X,Y
(as measured from the upper left corner of the screen)
position into an app that it "grabs" each time you
start it, completely ignoring everything you can do
to override this behavior. This small, single purpose
app likely is written this way.

My advice - live with its shortcomings and move on.
I realize how annoying this can be, but it's not worth your time.

Or reconfigure your desktop/taskbar such that it's less
of a problem.