03-19-14 16:37 Ben Ritchey wrote to Ed Vance about Re: XP Desktop Questtion   
      
    BR> @MSGID: <532AC581.12734.windowsa@capcity2.synchro.net>   
    BR> * An ongoing debate between Ed Vance and All rages on ...   
      
    BR> After I re-size a window I find that if I maximize it then   
    BR> return to normal it will retain it's dimensions next time.   
    BR> Maybe something along those lines will help {shrug}   
      
    EV> IIRC when I used Windows 3.1 I could move the mouse pointer to the   
    EV> square on the left side of a Title Bar and hold some kind of key   
    EV> combination such as: Shift or CTRL etc. and then Right-Click on   
    EV> that square to Close the window, and after that where ever that   
    EV> window was positioned on the W3.1 Desktop at that time, it would open   
    EV> at that same spot the next time I clicked on the Icon to open it.   
   -snip-   
   Ben,   
      
   Thanks!, I tried moving the window, re-sizeing to Max and back to   
   Normal, but XP didn't RE-MEMBER where I wanted it to stay at.   
   -snip-   
    EV> While I was typing this message I thought, Ed, why don't you resize   
    EV> the Taskbar back to where only 4 icons were shown in a row,   
    EV> then open the program and move it to the left a little, close it,   
    EV> and open it again to see if it stayed in the new spot, and then   
    EV> resize the Taskbar again to show 5 icons in a row.   
      
   I resized the Vertical Taskbar so 4 icons are in each row, opened the   
   program (MalwareBytes Free), and tried the moving, Max,Normal procedure   
   without seeing any changes.   
      
   XP just has to have its way!, so I opened MWBF and slightly adjusted   
   the Left edge of the Taskbar so that it almost touches the Right edge   
   of MWBF.   
      
   At the top of the Taskbar I see 4 QuickLaunch icons in a row and on the   
   bottom there are 5 icons in a row of the things that are running.   
      
   That is as close as I can get it to be what I wanted to see.   
      
   PC=1    Ed=0.5   
   Ben, that's not the first time I've done something 'Half Way'.    
      
   ... I can't remember how long I've had amnesia.   
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