Windows 10: Open folder window at same position every time

Hello!

Whenever I open a folder and position it on desktop whereI want it to be, after closing and reopening it again, it repositions. With a few opening-closings I realized that every time I open the folder anew, it gets repositioned a bit lower, diagonally. This wasn't happening on Windows 8.1. Is there any way to keep the folder in the same position every time I open it? Thank you in regard.

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Windows 10 - Default Window size

Everytime I open an application, it doesn't open with the window in the maximised position. It's frustrating to have to click the maximise button every time. How do I fix this so all my applications and folders open in a maximised size?

Moved from: Windows / Windows 10 / Files, folders, & storage

 

Can I set an app (e.g. Microsoft Weather) as my start up and/or home page?

Sure, try this:

• Press Windows+R to open the Run box.
• Type shell:startup and click OK to open your Startup folder. Position it at the top-right of your screen.
• Open your Start menu, and drag-drop the Weather shortcut/tile into the Startup folder.

Now every time you login, the Weather app will open by itself.

 

Hi,

I had the same issue & posted about it here, Edwin replied & said it is most likely due to the virtual desktops. I don't use them but it annoyed me so much I reverted back to win 8.1

 

Hi, thank you for answering!

Can you tell me how do I revert back to 8.1? I'm thinking about doing the same.

 

Your welcome *Smile

To roll back open settings & click recovery in the left pane, on the right pane you should have the roll back to windows 8.1, click that & follow the steps. Note this will only work if you still have the Windows.old folder in the root of your C drive. If you have run Disk Cleanup in windows 10 & told it to delete your old installation then you would need to install windows 8.1 again.

The rollback when fine on mine but I then restored the backup I made with macrium reflect free just before the upgrade to be on the safe side.

You can always try the upgrade again at a later date to see if MS have fixed the issue. It bugged me a lot but then I'm a bit OCD *chuckle

Good luck *Smile

 

Did it! Thanks again *Biggrin

 

Hi All, Microsoft is aware of this issue and has a team working on it. I don't have an ETA for a fix, but those involved agree this experience needs improvement. Thanks for the post.

Jeff

 

Win 10 Home also does NOT remember the size of the window when you reopen it!

And, I can not find out how to personalize the windows as I did in Win 3.1, XP, and Win 7. I'm talking about specifying window border colors, menu fonts and sizes, header colors and fonts, scroll bar colors, etc.

 

Hi Jeff,

It looks like you might be from Microsoft, if so welcome to the forums & I hope you will be regular visitor & poster. This place is the best windows 10 forum out there & it would be good if someone from Microsoft was here to help out & report issues back.

Once the explorer window placement is fixed I would gladly upgrade to 10 again.

 

Just to update the thread, I upgraded again to windows 10 then did a clean install & the issue was still there. I have noticed that if I move the taskbar to the top of the screen it seems to stop the random placement of explorer windows when opened & then closed & opened again.

 

Some serious work is also needed in allowable resizing for folder windows. Make one too narrow and it crashes with each attempt to open it. My desktop setup has included subject folders with shortcut icons through several versions of Windows. I've been setting folders to accommodate 4 icons across. Windows 8.1 and previous versions were very happy with that arrangement. It results in a fatality in 10. Once folder windows won't open, the width can't be corrected to stop the crashing.

 

Do you know what REALLY baffles me?

How is it that not one single member of the Microsoft development team or beta testers noticed this???