default window sizing

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dave cutter

hi folks...i am sick to death of searching and not being
able to find out how to keep XP from exploding the window
contents to FULL SCREEN when i click on the folder icons.

i have been able to crontrol this IE: "remember window
size" or "apply same view to all windows" in all previous
versions of windows....but in XP i can not control it

someone please tell me what to do, so that when i click on
a folder i get it in partial view by default....not FULL
SCREEN

thanks so much

all my best..dave..:)
 
This is opposite of what I normally see about this, so I'm reversing what
I've read and used for this...

Drag the window corners to the desired size. Then close by holding Shift or
ctrl+Shift while clicking on the X in upper-right (my preference). Another
thing I saw was to click on the icon on the far left end of the title bar,
then clicking on Close.

HH

Malv
 
Hi, Dave.

Like Malvern, I usually see the opposite question from users who want their
windows to always open maximized. But the answer is basically the same.
Windows Explorer and Internet Explorer are different in many ways, but they
also behave alike in several ways.

Are you sure you mean the same thing that WinXP means by "full screen"?
There are three ways (at least) to get the window to fill the screen:

1. Normal window stretched to fill the screen.

2. Maximized window - which automatically fills the screen.

3. Full Screen - press F11 to toggle this off and on. Not only does it
fill the screen, but it also hides the Taskbar, the Menu bar and some other
features, making more room for the main content of the window.

These may all look about the same to you and me, but WinXP knows the
difference between them.

Note that there are several ways to open a window; each way may trigger a
different remembered size. We can click the "E" icon, or we can click an
URL in an email message, or we can click an URL on a web page, or we can
click the drive letter in My Computer - and there are several other ways to
start a program or open a window. And each of those ways may be remembering
something different about the last time a window was closed after having
been opened in that way.

You can also click on Properties for an icon or a shortcut and set it to Run
in a Normal or a Maximized window. Sometimes this produces the desired
result.

RC
 
I use XP Home, and I've been there myself. Aggravating
to say the least.

Someone told me to do just what Malvern mentioned.
1. Size your window to taste.
2. In Tools/Folder Options/View, select "Remember each
folder's view setting", then select "Apply to All
Folders".
3. Here's the trick...I closed the window using the drop
down menu (File/Close).

Just in case it makes a difference, I did all of this in
the Control Panel Window.

It worked.
 
i sure appreciate the help folks...)

i have this theory that WinXP defaults EACH folder you
make, to open the first time in "Maximum View"..(i said
FULL SCREEN at first but i was incorrect on that of course)

if you choose "apply to each folder" in Folder Options /
View, then it works the way it should..BUT... only after
you open any folder you create in Maximum View the first
time.

if anyone has ever made a folder in XP and then got it to
open the first time in "Normal Window" as they do in all
the previous Windows O.S....p-p-please tell me what you
did to make that happen...

i appreciate the help here so far but my problem still
remains...IE: make a folder and it will not open the first
time in "Normal View"

and now here's the kicker...after you do train all your
folders to open in "Normal View"...all it takes is a new
program you download to install the wrong way, or maybe
a "hard shut down" and XP will once again (at it's own
decression) default ALL your folders to open in "Max View"
and then you must train them all over again.

this is not just on my machine...but several i have dealt
with.

seems like all the XP patches they cram down my throat on
a daily basis, they could address this issue...am i the
only one hassled by it?

thanks again for the replies folks..:)
 
i sure appreciate the help folks...)

i have this theory that WinXP defaults EACH folder you
make, to open the first time in "Maximum View"..(i said
FULL SCREEN at first but i was incorrect on that of course)

if you choose "apply to each folder" in Folder Options /
View, then it works the way it should..BUT... only after
you open any folder you create in Maximum View the first
time.

if anyone has ever made a folder in XP and then got it to
open the first time in "Normal Window" as they do in all
the previous Windows O.S....p-p-please tell me what you
did to make that happen...

i appreciate the help here so far but my problem still
remains...IE: make a folder and it will not open the first
time in "Normal View"

and now here's the kicker...after you do train all your
folders to open in "Normal View"...all it takes is a new
program you download to install the wrong way, or maybe
a "hard shut down" and XP will once again (at it's own
decression) default ALL your folders to open in "Max View"
and then you must train them all over again.

this is not just on my machine...but several i have dealt
with.

seems like all the XP patches they cram down my throat on
a daily basis, they could address this issue...am i the
only one hassled by it?

thanks again for the replies folks..:)
Click to expand...

I've never used Windows 2000 but in Win95, 98, ME and XP have always found
"Make all folders the same" (now "Apply to all folders) to apply to the
preferred viewing style only.

Windows sizes, for me, have always been a separate matter. Both Explorers,
Windows and Internet, will remember the size of the window that I last
closed in that program. If the final window was a normal sized window (vs
maximized), I get the same sized window the next time. (This excludes any
overriding of window size that an edited shortcut would force. Talking
about default shortcuts only that usually have "Normal window" in their
properties.)

Internet Explorer throws an extra twist into the mix. There appears to be
two remembered windows sizes for this program. One for the initial launch
of the program from an Internet Explorer shortcut and this behaves as
described above.

Another for any "child windows" opened via a link imbedded in a web page or
an email. The child windows are the ones that don't like to retain settings
for me and I find the "resize with mouse" trick to be handy in sorting that
out. I use this often - especially when a popup or popunder has reduced
the size of my child IE windows to the size of a postage stamp and it was
the last IE window closed.

Another difference from what you've noted, is that my new Windows installs
always start out with the "normal" size for windows. I have to train them
over time to open maximized. No idea why this has behaved differently for
me but that's how it has been consistently throughout the various versions.

I have seen situations where keys sticking on keyboards will give
unexpected results but the sequence of keys for maximizing a window is
quite involved. So involved, that it's highly unlikely that's what's
forcing all windows to open maximized.

One thing I have done when I get odd initial sizes of windows (after using
one of the Tile options, for example) is to reset all open windows to their
default size by using Cascade Windows. This command is in the right click
menu of the taskbar and resets any open window to default dimensions
(default being slightly larger than 1/4 of the screen).

Occasionally, I'll run across a program that manages its windows sizes
independently. In these applications, it may be necessary to look for a
"Windows" menu in the same row as File, Edit, Help. If found, there are
often "Remember Size" and "Remember Size and Position" options that can be
used to reset that program.
 
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