NetNews Usenet Archive 1992 #27/NN_1992_27.iso/spool/bit/listserv/notabene/2521

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From:         Luuk Houwen <[e-mail]>
Subject:      Windows
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No, no complaints about NB and Windows this time but in fact something that
has been bothering me for some time now and for which I know no other outlet
than this network.
When I run certain programmes under Windows like Crosstalk
or even Windows' own FileManager I can resize the windows in which these
programmes appear, then close the window and when I next re-open that
particular programme it will appear on the Windows desktop in precisely the
same position and size as I left it last time around. So far so good. Some
programmes, however, do not (MS Word for Windows, MS Excel, Paintbrush, etc)
which I find extremely annoying. Whenever I start any of these, resize them,
then save and quit and re-open them again they will not be in the the same
position and size as I had left them, instead they seem to have a will of
their own and start up in any size (totally randomly as far as I can tell)
they feel like (except of course the one I prefer). This seems to defeat one
of the purposes of Windows. Some programms go even further and insist on
starting up full-screen. One such an "arrogant" programme is WP for Windows
which I cannot get to start up in a (tiny) window of its own (that is all it
deserves anyway).
Any suggestions, recommendations, etc?

Luuk Houwen
State University of Groningen
Dept of English
Groningen, The Netherlands