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How to have each folder its own size?
How to have each folder its own size?
- Can someone please tell me how to have each each folder remember its own size? Whatever folder I open, it becomes the size of the last other folder that was closed. This is absolutely unacceptable.
Bug? Or my error? I hope this is not "by design".
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- How many people? Just start Google and type bagmru size (2 words, no quotes)
There is a problem in Vista, XP because the number of folders the system could remember was limited. See how often people ask for a solution. (and got one)
We wil have to tell a a lot of people "therd is no longer a solution".- Marked As Answer byMark L. FergusonMVP, ModeratorSaturday, May 23, 2009 2:58 PM
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- Yes it is by design. A close sets the size. You can, however, open a child window, set the size, close it, and the next child window will be that size (and position). You could consider a gadget to run activex that sets size and position, or find one on the web.
--size and position.hta---
<html>
<head>
<script>window.resizeTo((screen.width*.5),screen.height*.5);window.moveTo(0,0)</script>
</head>
</html>
--end file--Rating posts helps other usersMark L. Ferguson MS-MVP - Hi Mark,
It seems that you are talking about Internet Explorer. My problem is Windows Explorer and has nothing to do with internet. If I open c:\windows and make that folder as big as necessary to show all its icons, it should have the same size if I open that folder again, regardless what other folders where opened and resized in the mean time.
How to "remember each folders view settings" including its size.
- My system remembers what size and position the Explorer was last set. Any windows opened, set, then closed, will reopen at that last setting. Explorer uses the last setting to open the next instance. There is no setting to alter that behavior. You would need a third party app to do that.Rating posts helps other usersMark L. Ferguson MS-MVP
- Maybe I don't understand what the question really was here, but I thought that all you had to do was open the folders options and set things in that to "remember each folder size", no?
...........md - Yes, you exactly understand me! :-)
It is that function I need. But in Windows 7, it is gone! If "by design", this is an unacceptable design error. Shortcuts to folders on my desktop are like the dashboard of my car. After opening a folder, all items are on a fixed place. Now everything is shuffled each time the folder opens in a different size.
To make sure I can't find my icons on a fixed place, the option to not auto arrange icons is gone too!
This is garbage I can not work with. I hope Microsoft will see the light before the release. - Please tell me that this is a bug. Why would I want every new window opened at the same postion the last window is closed? This is really annoying on a multiple monitor system.
I found a software that will remember every folder size and position. But it's not free.
Please fix this! It is a MAJOR BUG! Please tell me that this is a bug. Why would I want every new window opened at the same postion the last window is closed? This is really annoying on a multiple monitor system.
I fully agree, this is a major step back for Microsoft, that and the Option to disable Auto arrange in explorer windows, both are features of Vista and earlier OS's and both are features that no one wants to loose. Personally I believe this may be one of those bugs that could seriously effect sales.
I found a software that will remember every folder size and position. But it's not free.
Please fix this! It is a MAJOR BUG!- How many people find this annyoning?
How many never noticed? How many people find this annyoning?
I sure do.
And while we're at it, why did they get rid of something I've been loving since time began and that is the setting in the File Browser (Windows Browser) where you can select under the View menu option, that shows folder or file sizes, under the name of Status Bar, it used to show howmuch space was used on taht hard drive and how much free space was still available.
Now it's gone and I so far can't find any way to make that come back.
I do love most everything in 7, but some of these little things, such as mentioned in this thread and in others, like no longer having the little monitor icon in the task bar to show internet activity, we STILL want AND need.
..........................md- I have the same problem and it is annoying step back from what I had in Win XP.
On the three 22'' wide screen monitors I have it is now (Win 7) this annoying activity of DRAGGING the folders' windows over to the locations I closed them the last time and wanted them to be there.
What the heck happened??? - How many people? Just start Google and type bagmru size (2 words, no quotes)
There is a problem in Vista, XP because the number of folders the system could remember was limited. See how often people ask for a solution. (and got one)
We wil have to tell a a lot of people "therd is no longer a solution".- Marked As Answer byMark L. FergusonMVP, ModeratorSaturday, May 23, 2009 2:58 PM
- I find this VERY ANNOYING ! :( I just spend close to an hour searching the user interface assuming that MS could not have been so stupid as to totally remove this functionality! Obviously, I was wrong!
I'm not nearly so sure I want to upgrade to Win7 if they're going to dumb down the interface as much as it seems is happening! Not everyone wants to see icons half the size of their screen and no user configuration!
MVP - Windows Desktop Experience - Icons half the size of the screen? Have you tried Shift-scroll wheel to change icon sizes?Rating posts helps other usersMark L. Ferguson MS-MVP
- So whats the deal with the folder position settings? Is it a bug?
Edit: I mean window position Icons half the size of the screen? Have you tried Shift-scroll wheel to change icon sizes?
Rating posts helps other usersMark L. Ferguson MS-MVP
That was an attempt at humor. My point is that we can screw with the Icon sizes, but we can't do stuff that a lot more people are bound to consider a ____ of a lot more important! How much adjustment in stupid stuff like the icons is warranted when you remove useful options for the folders?
MVP - Windows Desktop Experience- If anyone is interested, here is a solution to the folder size issue. It'll cost you $10, but IMO it's worth it. http://www.desksoft.com/WindowManager.htm
I tried it, and about 30 minutes after firing it up, I registered it. Now my folders stay the size I want them to! :-)
MVP - Windows Desktop Experience - Already know about that. That should not be needed.
This bug needs to be fixed. Or is it just lazy programming? Already know about that. That should not be needed.
I don't know which it is, but it was a sufficient PITA that I just figured I'd solve it so I could move on. I was pretty surprised that the capability was omitted.
This bug needs to be fixed. Or is it just lazy programming?
Since this worked in all previous releases of Windows, I have to believe it was a massive oversight. I also can't believe this didn't get squawked in the beta. I didn't use the beta for everyday work, so I didn't tumble to this happening, I wish I had. It was only when I tried to move my operating environment over that it became apparent that this was missing.
I agree the utility shouldn't be needed, but obviously, at least for now, it is if you want the functionality. :-)
MVP - Windows Desktop Experience- I noticed this in the beta and figured that it would be fixed in the RC. I figured wrong.
- Question is, will they fix it in the final release?
Now that there's no easy way to submit feedback, I guess we just have to wait and see.
MVP - Windows Desktop Experience - Well it looks like the RTM sign off may be just around the corner and still no resolve for these issues, I feel that the BETA and RC stages have been rushed due to the amount of anticipation that has been building and not enough thought has gone into addressing to some of the bugs that may be minor to some but to others they could turn out to be an every day annoyance.
When I first started to use the early pre Betas I was happy with the new features and the direction the OS was going but it seems somewhere along the way the insperation and inovation just ceased to continue and the focus just went to making it more stable and compatible with the older hardware and software, IMO I think they could have spent another year in developement. Maybe Windows 8 will be the OS we are all really hopeing for.
Long Live Vista. - As I had feared, there are allot of people who can not beleive Microsoft would leave these and other essential features out and feel it will effect their experience dramatically, these people all like the OS in general, but without these and other essential features they just wont buy it. Microsoft if you can you really need to deal with this, if you don't then all the hype generated about listening to what people want during the beta period will be lost and windows 7 will go the the same path as Vista did.
I have already noticed since the final build was released that there have been an increasing number of complaints and a general feeling that Microsoft just doesn't care, how did you let this happen, everything in the development stage was so positive, if only you had not made the Beta feature complete and had left the beta to run a while longer and incorporated more of what people wanted, hopefully next time you can learn from these mistakes and maybe you will truly give people the OS they want.
I feel you have let the public down, you have let me down and most importantly you have let yourselves down. - Obviously, as you have doubtless discovered, this is also not available in the released version.
MVP - Windows Desktop Experience - Windows Explorer is a disaster in Win7. So much has been left out by the Shell team. I am amazed.
As far as forgetting size and position, I am trying out a free program that is worth a look.
It is not working perfectly for me but I think that is because I am running Win 7 virtually.
http://www.southbaypc.com/AutoSizer/
- I'll have to give this one a try, can't hurt to have an alternative, even though I already bought a solution.
MVP - Windows Desktop Experience - I just started using Windows 7 over the weekend (I'm a Mac guy) and I have to say that this is driving me INSANE. I've got quad monitors and a variety of different types of folders. Some contain large icons as a sort of makeshift launcher, or a means to preview media, others contain lists of hundreds (if not thousands) of files. To think that I'd want to view all of these folders the same exact way is pure madness.
Even worse, my applications don't remember their positions. I've got limited experience with Windows in general but on a Mac if you place an application's window in a certain place it stays there - even between reboots. This allows me to properly set up my workspace across all monitors.
On Windows 7, it's haphazard at best. Outlook might remember which monitor its on (maybe) but it certainly won't remember its position. Firefox is even worse - it randomly opens windows on any given monitor. And any app that serves up regular notification windows (such as Comodo Firewall) can't be moved at all. They always show up on the primary monitor - no matter where I put them.
And now I'm learning that these things aren't bugs, they're features? Ouch. I think my little Windows experiment is over... - Here is a solution to the folder size issue. It'll cost you $10, but IMO it's worth it. http://www.desksoft.com/WindowManager.htm
MVP - Windows Desktop Experience - We shouldn't have to shell out MORE money on a third party application just to get the functionality that should be standard in the windows OS. If this functionality isn't put back in, I refuse to purchase windows 7. I'll stick with XP. Not having my windows keep their own size, and position, is a major setback for me seeing as I use multiple shortcuts to specifically laid out folders.
We shouldn't have to shell out MORE money on a third party application just to get the functionality that should be standard in the windows OS.
You're preaching to the choir here, I agree. OTOH, since it has not been retained in Windows 7, and I do want to move to it, I was forced to solve the issue in another manner. :)
MVP - Windows Desktop Experience- This is absolutely unacceptable. First the battery profiles and now this. What the heck? This does not make any sense. I mean, there is no reasonable justification for breaking this on Windows 7. I wish they could fix this sooner rather than later.
- I wish they would do something about the search as well. Why in the world did they remove the right click on a folder to search the contents? Yet another thing that made no sense to me, since all previous versions of Windows had that capability.
I don't object to cleaning up the interface, but dropping useful features like that for no apparent reason makes no sense to me.
MVP - Windows Desktop Experience
My intention was not to preach friend. Merely to exercise my distaste for the change. =). If the feature isn't returned to windows 7, I may look into that program. I'm still toying with the new OS, and I'm not quite sure if I'd like to move my home PC to it. There's plenty of quirks that are in Windows 7 that I don't like, but that ONE is a "Showstopper" for me lol. Thank you for offering an alternative however!We shouldn't have to shell out MORE money on a third party application just to get the functionality that should be standard in the windows OS.
You're preaching to the choir here, I agree. OTOH, since it has not been retained in Windows 7, and I do want to move to it, I was forced to solve the issue in another manner. :)
MVP - Windows Desktop Experience- Well, it threw me too, and I was plenty annoyed when I figured out that it really was gone and not just a setting I overlooked. Since I had pretty much made the decision to move ahead with Win7, I needed an answer, so I shelled out the $10. Of course, getting a free copy of Win7 as a result of being a beta tester made the $10 a bit easier to take.
MVP - Windows Desktop Experience - I can see how that would make the loss easier to take. One of the other quirks I don't much like, is in XP, if you have a folder in Detail mode, and Group them by Name, it will list A <files> B <files> etc... But in Windows 7, It groups them instead of having each beginning letter seperate. Seperating my music library into groups is what I do with XP. Can this functionality be emulated too? Or is there an actual setting for this I overlooked myself?
- This is outrageous. Why did they remove the most basic feature of windows out of windows 7.
This is a show stopper for me and I won't buy windows 7 if this doesn't get fixed in an update or in service pack 1!
It's enough that the icons inside the windows are forced to auto arrange and you can't disable that, now the windows can't even remember their sizes and positions on the freaking desktop. In xp you could have 400 windows remembered and with a registry tweak you could increase it to above 400!
No I will not accept this, fix it MICROSOFT! STEVE BALLMER It's YOUR FAULT. Bill Gates knew not to touch such important options! - This problem is due to a removed feature covered in this thread: http://social.answers.microsoft.com/Forums/en/w7files/thread/633192ab-e435-48cd-8fcd-999e7195653c.
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