Windows 10: How do I preserve my size & position settings for File Explorer?

Currently, in Windows 11, every time I open File Explorer or any of my specific folder shortcuts the window defaults to the Maximized view. I've already tried changing the Properties / Shortcut / Run / Normal option, but the Maximized view persists. I've also played with all of the other options in the Properties menu to no avail. My experience with Windows 10 prior to the OS change to 11 was that the size & location of the window would be preserved after closing the window or even after a shutdown/restart. It is pretty frustrating having to shrink the File Explorer window down manually ev

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Windows (File Explorer) not retaining my set size and position?

You might try this trick- I've not checked if it works in '10...
How to keep your window size? - OS Customization, Tips and Tweaks - Neowin

Normally, if all is well, this is not a problem. There are 3rd party programs that claim to deal with this, but really they should not be necessary- it suggests some form of corruption.

DeskSoft - WindowManager - Window position and size manager
(Commercial)
WinSize2 download | SourceForge.net
(Free - Note only seems to be specified to Win 8)

You may wish to try an in-place upgrade repair install which keeps all data and programs in the hope that registry entries are corrected.

Example: I observed this registry change which appears related to changing the size of a file explorer window and closing it:

 

Windows (File Explorer) not retaining my set size and position?

I've noticed this problem with many of the internal programs such as file explorer, that will open up in an unusable size and position, and even after I adjust those to my preferred settings, they always revert back.

Is there a fix for this that will allow me to set the size and position of any window in Win10 and it will remain that way?

 

Windows (File Explorer) not retaining my set size and position?

Hmmm for WinDBG I found the File >Save Workspace updates the position that it will open.

I tried the shift/ctrl/both but nothing made a difference.

It turns out it saves it to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windbg\Workspaces and changes (in binary notation) the location starting in x0348 but only when you click "Save Workspace"

This is fullscreen for example:





And this is not:





I found positions x0360 onwards hold the position of the Window and you can move where it opens by updating registry (although I can't understand the logic for what numbers to put in I just copied them).

This is obviously not very helpful but it seems it is the case that some programs store their starting window positions in any odd place and (seemingly) it is completely up to them where they put it.