Windows 10: Certain programs do not remember last window size/location

Discus and support Certain programs do not remember last window size/location in Windows 10 Ask Insider to solve the problem; I've noticed this both at work, and on my home PC, both running Win10, but for the record, at home I'm Win10 Pro x64 1909 build 18363.1016, though I... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Ask Insider' started by /u/RussellZoloft, Sep 7, 2020.

  1. Certain programs do not remember last window size/location


    I've noticed this both at work, and on my home PC, both running Win10, but for the record, at home I'm Win10 Pro x64 1909 build 18363.1016, though I have no idea what version the work PC is on. Anyone have any insight of what might cause this (upon close and restart of program), and if there is a fix?



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    /u/RussellZoloft, Sep 7, 2020
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  2. App/program windows open in random sizes and locations

    I prefer to have my app/program windows open "maximized" but recently they've been opening at less-than-maximized sizes (and sometime locations), if I'd used them at those smaller sizes sometime in the past. This happens mostly with MS Office applications,
    especially Word and Excel, but Outlook seems to be unaffected.

    I had a similar problem years ago and the solution then seemed to have something to do with clearing out a window-size cache, but I can't remember the details.

    I'm running Windows 10 Pro, v. 1607, and the Office 2010 Pro suite.

    Suggestions?
     
    RossLampert, Sep 7, 2020
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  3. windows size and location

    You really can't. Windows wasn't designed to work that way. You can fiddle around and get the window to stay where you want temporarily, but eventually the window will go somewhere else and be some other size.

    That said, you can possibly find a third-party application that will do what you're wanting to do.

    Actually, it's one of the features that worked up till Win7. Win7 removed the systems ability to remember the screen sizes and locations of application windows. ShellFolderFix corrected that problem, but it's no longer being developed. The list of features
    (user customization capablities mostly) that windows shed in win7, win8, and now Win10 would amaze you. All to get you that 5" phone experience on your 1000$ desktop.

    My processes remember as stipulated.

    Only system processess do so.

    Notepad.

    Wordpad.

    Whatever.
     
    DavidBaileyyz, Sep 7, 2020
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  4. Ztruker Win User

    Certain programs do not remember last window size/location

    Get Hyper-V or RDT to remember size and location of VM window

    Does it remember window size and location?
     
    Ztruker, Sep 7, 2020
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