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is there a default registry key that is used by windows to set the explorer window size? (i'm not talking about IE.. btw.. just to make it ultra clear)

soo sick of having some file explorer windows open up at some poxy little size..

And I know about the shift close method to save the window sizes.. that works fine on the folder you did it on.. but then when you launch a different folder that hasn't had its size set..its back to default tiny size again.. and sure its ok if you opened c:\ with its set size and then navigate to the folder you wanted to view..

but if you had some other application launch "c:\windows\rubbish" then it seems explorer opens it up some tiny window proportions

so registry key pls.... just want to set the default [width] x [height] for any future file explorer window ever opened ever again.

one last thing.. there is registry key that coudl be used to disable the "Folders" sideview from showing when you open the file explorer(like winkey+e )... does anyone know what that registry key is. I had a look many times but trying to come up with the right search terms to find it, just got mind numbingly stupid for an option that should be readily available for the user to choose.

OnErrorDoThis

I don't think so. But I have been pondering to create an application to auto resize certain windows "always" upon opening.

Koogle

something that could fix this sillyness would be good. i'm finding that its defaulting to 800x600.. and from what i've read searching for some sort of actual proper fix, that seems to be hard coded into windows. btw is this still the case with vistar?

i have 1920x1200 dual monitors and this 800x600 default explorer window size retardedness is nutz, does MS not upgrade employees workstations? is that why they feel 800x600 is a good hard coded default size? Perplexed

DCMonkey

Koogle wrote:

something that could fix this sillyness would be good. i'm finding that its defaulting to 800x600.. and from what i've read searching for some sort of actual proper fix, that seems to be hard coded into windows. btw is this still the case with vistar?

i have 1920x1200 dual monitors and this 800x600 default explorer window size retardedness is nutz, does MS not upgrade employees workstations? is that why they feel 800x600 is a good hard coded default size?

I thought I had my Explorer windows "trained" in Vista, but they've recently started to come up at that annoyingly small default size too.

Grr, MS never seems to get this setting of window size, default view etc in Explorer right*. I know for some of these it is difficult to choose the right behavior, but it should still be an understandable and reliable model.

* To this day, I think this is a big reason that Windows 95 original default behavior to open every folder in a new window like the Mac OS classic never caught on. It never remembered the individual folder settings with anything approaching reilability.

Koogle

soo no quick solution/fix/workaround to this then?? not even a tweak tool to change it. not even a script that could be called upon to resize any windows window to my set size?

Maybe Win7 might actually let the user decide whats best in some sort of new hidden registry key? thats the sort of bare minimum progress on windows I've come to expect. Seeing as how this is just another area of Vista that is no better.

just to see i'm not the only one annoyed by this:

http://www.vistaheads.com/forums/microsoft-public-windows-vista-file-management/120073-closing-folder-window-ctrl-w-resets-all-folders-globally.html

http://bink.nu/forums/p/3622/3632.aspx

brianScott

I came across this post in my search for a solution. I was able to figure out a fix and thought I would let you all know. All of my Windows Explorer windows now open at a custom size, no matter how I get to them. Even brand new folders I create.

I posted the solution on my blog.