Adjusting Window Borders

[Harold]

Hello.

My computer screen is 1600x1200 pixels. This makes it
very hard to center the mouse pointer on top of window
borders when I want to resize a window. In prior versions
of Windows, I recall a "resize window border" control
which permitted making all borders wider or narrower, in
units of pixels.

I have thoroughly searched my new Windows-XP help files
and configuration settings for this border width control,
but have not been able to find it.

Has Windows-XP dropped support of this simple, but very
productive, window configuration control? Is there some
unadvertised registry setting which could be reset to
provide control of window border width?

Thanks.
Harold

 

[Carrie Garth]

| "Harold" <[email protected]>
| wrote in message | Hello. My computer screen is 1600x1200 pixels. This makes it
| very hard to center the mouse pointer on top of window borders
| when I want to resize a window. In prior versions of Windows,
| I recall a "resize window border" control which permitted making
| all borders wider or narrower, in units of pixels. <SNIP>

A search the Windows XP Professional Help and Support Center
for "windows borders" (with double-quotes) returns the topic
"To use the classic Windows look"...

 

[Ronnie Vernon MVP]

Hello.

My computer screen is 1600x1200 pixels. This makes it
very hard to center the mouse pointer on top of window
borders when I want to resize a window. In prior versions
of Windows, I recall a "resize window border" control
which permitted making all borders wider or narrower, in
units of pixels.

I have thoroughly searched my new Windows-XP help files
and configuration settings for this border width control,
but have not been able to find it.

Has Windows-XP dropped support of this simple, but very
productive, window configuration control? Is there some
unadvertised registry setting which could be reset to
provide control of window border width?

Thanks.
Harold

Control Panel/Display/Appearance Tab/Advanced Button.

Click on the Item drop down menu and resize the Active Window Border and
Inactive Window Border values.

--
Ronnie Vernon
Microsoft MVP
Windows Shell/User

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