Single or multiple windows

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Is it possible to set folder options so that small displays don't have
huge windows, and still use the one window setup?

Alternatively is there a way to set the multiple windows operation so
windows close themselves instead of stacking up on your screen?


JimL

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Is it possible to set folder options so that small displays don't have
huge windows, and still use the one window setup?

Alternatively is there a way to set the multiple windows operation so
windows close themselves instead of stacking up on your screen?


JimL
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1) Windows are resizable but I suspect you know that. Are you using a
utility to switch between desktop sizes and that's where you're running
into large windows when using a smaller desktop with larger display? If
yes, I believe there are some third party tools that help to remember
Windows sizes on a per user basis. A search on Google or one of the
shareware sites should uncover something useful.

I've never used this program so cannot recommend it but it's an example of
what I found with a quick search for "keep window size xp" :
http://www.actualtools.com/windowguard/

2) When working with Explorer, you can set it to open in the "same window"
or in a "separate window." Use Folder Options> General> move radio dot to
"open folders in same window" to avoid an accumulation of open Explorer
windows.

If you are instead referring to multiple windows from multiple programs,
these are not going to close until you exit the program.
 
1) Windows are resizable but I suspect you know that. Are you using a
utility to switch between desktop sizes and that's where you're running
into large windows when using a smaller desktop with larger display? If
yes, I believe there are some third party tools that help to remember
Windows sizes on a per user basis. A search on Google or one of the
shareware sites should uncover something useful.
Click to expand...
I've never used this program so cannot recommend it but it's an example
of what I found with a quick search for "keep window size xp" :
http://www.actualtools.com/windowguard/
Click to expand...
2) When working with Explorer, you can set it to open in the "same
window" or in a "separate window." Use Folder Options> General> move
radio dot to "open folders in same window" to avoid an accumulation of
open Explorer windows.
Click to expand...
If you are instead referring to multiple windows from multiple programs,
these are not going to close until you exit the program.
Click to expand...

Aha, my information was incomplete.

I'm talking about opening My Computer and/or other directory windows. So
far, using the one window setup, if I open a directory that has a lot of
files in it, it opens large. Then if I close that and open a directory
with just a few files in it, it still opens with the same size winndow, a
much larger window than is necessary to show all the files. I seem to
recall that in W98 it opened windows just large enough to show the
directory contents and no more.

JimL

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Aha, my information was incomplete.

I'm talking about opening My Computer and/or other directory windows. So
far, using the one window setup, if I open a directory that has a lot of
files in it, it opens large. Then if I close that and open a directory
with just a few files in it, it still opens with the same size winndow, a
much larger window than is necessary to show all the files. I seem to
recall that in W98 it opened windows just large enough to show the
directory contents and no more.

JimL
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I can't remember any version of Explorer having a "snap to" setting based
on the area needed to display contents. I'm tempted to say this was a
feature of an alternative/third party file explorer....

Windows and the programs that come with the operating system typically use
a default window size that's about a third of the desktop area. Multiple
windows cascade exposing the title bars of each window.

Another way to "set" window sizes is using shortcut properties. Here you
will find boxes here where one can check things off like "Run Maximized."
 
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