Folder size

Maximised. F11 makes it full screen.

Looks like I will have to try the registry change.

 

Ah yes, I meant "Restored" window. You want to change the Restored Window back to 1/3rd size.
If you cannot see the edges of the window to a get the double headed arrow with your cursor, maybe you need to adjust the screen with the settings of the monitor to make the visible screen smaller.
Edit: It can also depend on what resolution you are using. Try changing the resolution under Display in Control Panel. Sometimes the resolution will put the boarders outside the screen's areas.

Matt

 

The lowest screen resolution is 800 x 600, which is what I always have it set at. If I go up from there I still get the same result. Alll folders, etc. open as a maximised window (full screen) which you cannot move the edges.

What is strange is that when I click properties on a short-cut folder icon (with the arrow) in "run" it indicates "Normal" but still opens maximised.

I can make any window minimised or maximized, but not normal. Which is what I always had before this happened.

I am working-up courage to try the Microsoft Registry change.

 

One last try: Is it possible to get a VB Script File that would perform the registry changes as indicated in Microsoft's Article ID: 813711, 11/30/04. Revision 1.1 "Your view setting or customization for a folder are lost or incorrect?

 

You can get a reg file that will increase it to 8000 at the link below. Line 2 on the left side. I could be wrong but my guess is that it changes the same registry values that tweakui does and that tweakui changes those that are in the ms article. Can't hurt to give it a try though. You may have to reboot for the change to take effect.
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm

 

Do you mean No. 30, "Windows doesn't save user settings "?

When you confirm, I will try it and post back. Thanks.

 

I tried the TweakUI fix 3 times. And it didn't work. Is it normal when you up the numer to 5,000 or 8,000 then click apply and Ok and then when you re-open TweakUI the number has reset to 400?

In any event, it didn't work for me even after restarting my computer.

 

I checked my registry and my values are at 5,000 which is what SP2 changed them to. So, this can't be my problem.

Now, I am utterly confused. Is that Kelly's fix no. 30 worth a try? It wouldn't hurt anything, would it? Yikes, geez and darn.

 

No, I meant number two. What the reg fix mentioned in the ms article does is increase the number of folders that xp will remember the view for. You asked about a vb script that would do it for you and that reg file is what you want. My guess is that it doesn't pay to run it as all it does is change it to 8000. Yours is now at 5000 and you could try to go higher but personally I think this is barking up the wrong tree here for the problem you're having. Usually, if that reg key isn't large enough the folders that don't get remembered will open in a normal window of the default size. Not a maximized one.

Number 30 in the list probably won't help either but it can't hurt to try it. I had a look at the reg file and what it does is fix it so windows remembers your current desktop settings when you exit windows. Things like icon arrangement, the size and position of the taskbar and also the positition of open windows. If you arrange your icons in a certain way and reboot and they are still where you put them when windows starts, more than likely number 30 won't help. But, as I said, it can't hurt to try it. No harm will come to your computer if you run the file.

 

You are right on everything. So, I give up.

Thanks for your help.

 

Sorry you didn't find an answer. I'll keep digging for an answer and if I find anything I'll be sure to post it here.

 

Thanks, zander.

I appreciate your assistance.

An alternative to posting here would be to email me any further suggestions.

Thanks, again.

 

Hi Sussex,

I went into those two reg entries, Shell and Shell Roam and deleted the entries that specified the # of customization entries - was 5000.

As you can see, that doesn't affect my ability to size windows, and its not specifically folders that are the porblem. Its windows sizes from what I'm gathering from your posts is the problem.

So agree with Zander, these reg entries are not the problem. I'll also keep looking at this.

Maybe a long shot, but worth a try: http://www.helpwithwindows.com/WindowsXP/howto-24.html

Scannow sfc will scan the windows files and replace any damaged files and replace any missing.

Regards - Charles

 

Hi Sussex,

Thought of something else to try.

I'm assuming now that every window, no matter what it is, opens maximised.

Double click on the blue bar at the top - you should get some "movement ", then hover the tool tip at the right edge, at this point it should show you the vertical double arrow. Now can you move the sides inward?

Regards - Charles

 

charlesvar--Your suggestion is so much more elegant than mine
http://discussions.virtualdr.com/showthread.php?t=199400

 

Thanks Jim

I think what's happened here is that Sussex's windows settings are stuck in that max position which XP is remembering just fine thankyou . I should have realized this earlier; the reference to folders threw me off. I do this all the time, if I open a window and hit the maximize button, that's how I re-set it.

Mattman hit on this as well.

Regards - Charles