Why does XP forget settings?

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Alex Johnson

Two examples:
1) I open Windows Explorer from the same shortcut every time. I do not
use more than 10 applications, including things like notepad, on this
system. Explorer pops up 9/10 times with the same window location and
dimensions as the last time, but 1/10 times starts off as a any other
new window of default size and location. I can launch it 10 times over
a week or 10 times in a half hour, but 1 in 10 will cause it to forget
its settings.

2) I use WinTV2000 with my Hauppage tuner card one to three times a day.
Like Explorer, it normally remembers its dimensions and location, but
1/20 times it appears to forget. The window is 1/8 normal size and
located far from its normal location. Since I use it so much, 1/20
times equates to having to fix the settings every week.

I thought that it might have something to do with DirectX games and
windows forgetting what resolution the screen is at, but I've ruled that
out. Both that I have stopped playing my games for a few weeks and that
I can do the experiment with the Explorer described above tell me that
games are not involved. Why does windows forget window settings?

Alex
 
How do you exit out of the new open window. Open a window and make it the
size you want then from the file menu select exit. The next time it should
open to the size you left it at.
 
Nick said:
How do you exit out of the new open window. Open a window and make it the
size you want then from the file menu select exit. The next time it should
open to the size you left it at.
Click to expand...

I never use the file menu. With Explorer, about half the time I click
on the X at the right of the title bar. The other half the time I use
Alt-F4. The reset of window dimensions is not tied to which method I
use to end the process. When I exit WinTV2000, I always use the
title-bar X because Alt-F4 causes an error dialog in XP.

Alex
 
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