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Window won't resize properly
This is a small problem, but annoying. I used to be able to resize a window
to a band across the top about 1/3 of the height of the screen. Suddenly, I can no longer make it that narrow. It will not remember the size unless it is closer to half the height of the screen. I can't think of any program installation or change I have made that would stop me from resizing the window the way I want. I assume this is something I have somehow changed in the registry, although I don't know how or when. I checked Kelly's-Korner (my favorite help site), but nothing looked right to me. Has anyone else run into this and do you know of a fix for it? Thanks in advance, fc42 Just a hitchhiker on the information superhighway. |
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Window won't resize properly
I'm not sure just what you are saying. Are you saying that you only have a
viewable area of 2\3 of your screen when viewing pages? If I only had that much I's toss the machine. My open window only has a very small toolbar\address bar at the top with a narrow taskbar down the bottom. I love having the biggest view possible. To change any sizes for these simply right click on your desktop then click properties then the appearance tab and then the advanced button down the lower right and then click on any one of the bars in the open window and set it's size down below. Or you can click the drop down list arrow under Item: and choose whatever you want to change and away you go. With a screen resolution of 1280 X 1025 I have my bars set to 18 .. Have fun. |
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Window won't resize properly
Resize to the size you want, then, instead instead of closing the box from
the X in the upper left, go to File and select close. -- Michael Solomon MS-MVP Windows Shell/User Backup is a PC User's Best Friend DTS-L.Org: http://www.dts-l.org/ "fc42" wrote in message ... Sorry I wasn't clear. I can get a full size window easily enough. Sometimes when I'm clicking on links I want the new windows to open up at a pre-set, smaller size so that I can continue working on the main page for a bit before going to the new ones. I can no longer get the windows to remember that small size (full-width, a little less than 1/3 the height). The smallest size it will remember is full width and nearly 1/2 the height. As I said, it's a small matter, but annoying. -- fc42 Just a hitchhiker on the information superhighway. "The Unknown P" ( ) wrote in message ... I'm not sure just what you are saying. Are you saying that you only have a viewable area of 2\3 of your screen when viewing pages? If I only had that much I's toss the machine. My open window only has a very small toolbar\address bar at the top with a narrow taskbar down the bottom. I love having the biggest view possible. To change any sizes for these simply right click on your desktop then click properties then the appearance tab and then the advanced button down the lower right and then click on any one of the bars in the open window and set it's size down below. Or you can click the drop down list arrow under Item: and choose whatever you want to change and away you go. With a screen resolution of 1280 X 1025 I have my bars set to 18 . Have fun. |
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Window won't resize properly
Thanks for the suggestion, but it didn't help. I guess I'm stuck with it.
I keep thinking something must have changed in the registry, but I don't know enough about that to be comfortable experimenting with it. -- fc42 Just a hitchhiker on the information superhighway. "Michael Solomon (MS-MVP)" wrote in message ... Resize to the size you want, then, instead instead of closing the box from the X in the upper left, go to File and select close. -- Michael Solomon MS-MVP Windows Shell/User Backup is a PC User's Best Friend DTS-L.Org: http://www.dts-l.org/ "fc42" wrote in message ... Sorry I wasn't clear. I can get a full size window easily enough. Sometimes when I'm clicking on links I want the new windows to open up at a pre-set, smaller size so that I can continue working on the main page for a bit before going to the new ones. I can no longer get the windows to remember that small size (full-width, a little less than 1/3 the height). The smallest size it will remember is full width and nearly 1/2 the height. As I said, it's a small matter, but annoying. -- fc42 Just a hitchhiker on the information superhighway. "The Unknown P" ( ) wrote in message ... I'm not sure just what you are saying. Are you saying that you only have a viewable area of 2\3 of your screen when viewing pages? If I only had that much I's toss the machine. My open window only has a very small toolbar\address bar at the top with a narrow taskbar down the bottom. I love having the biggest view possible. To change any sizes for these simply right click on your desktop then click properties then the appearance tab and then the advanced button down the lower right and then click on any one of the bars in the open window and set it's size down below. Or you can click the drop down list arrow under Item: and choose whatever you want to change and away you go. With a screen resolution of 1280 X 1025 I have my bars set to 18 . Have fun. |
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Window won't resize properly
If something changed in the registry, the first thing to try would be to use
System Restore to take you back to a time prior to when the issue began. Start\All Programs\Accessories\System Tools\System Restore. -- Michael Solomon MS-MVP Windows Shell/User Backup is a PC User's Best Friend DTS-L.Org: http://www.dts-l.org/ "fc42" wrote in message ... Thanks for the suggestion, but it didn't help. I guess I'm stuck with it. I keep thinking something must have changed in the registry, but I don't know enough about that to be comfortable experimenting with it. -- fc42 Just a hitchhiker on the information superhighway. "Michael Solomon (MS-MVP)" wrote in message ... Resize to the size you want, then, instead instead of closing the box from the X in the upper left, go to File and select close. -- Michael Solomon MS-MVP Windows Shell/User Backup is a PC User's Best Friend DTS-L.Org: http://www.dts-l.org/ "fc42" wrote in message ... Sorry I wasn't clear. I can get a full size window easily enough. Sometimes when I'm clicking on links I want the new windows to open up at a pre-set, smaller size so that I can continue working on the main page for a bit before going to the new ones. I can no longer get the windows to remember that small size (full-width, a little less than 1/3 the height). The smallest size it will remember is full width and nearly 1/2 the height. As I said, it's a small matter, but annoying. -- fc42 Just a hitchhiker on the information superhighway. "The Unknown P" ( ) wrote in message ... I'm not sure just what you are saying. Are you saying that you only have a viewable area of 2\3 of your screen when viewing pages? If I only had that much I's toss the machine. My open window only has a very small toolbar\address bar at the top with a narrow taskbar down the bottom. I love having the biggest view possible. To change any sizes for these simply right click on your desktop then click properties then the appearance tab and then the advanced button down the lower right and then click on any one of the bars in the open window and set it's size down below. Or you can click the drop down list arrow under Item: and choose whatever you want to change and away you go. With a screen resolution of 1280 X 1025 I have my bars set to 18 . Have fun. |
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