Desktop Folders

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What you are describing as folders I take to mean windows. I know of no way
to force a folder to open a window that is just the right size based on the
number of files in it.

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"Jan" <Jan@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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>I have on my desktop a number of folders, with icons in it, in order to
>start
> programs. Some folders with a few icons, others with more icons. I want
> the
> folders to have their own dimension. So a folder with a few icons is small
> and other larger. But I cannot find the way to do that. If I move the
> folder-edge, with a large number of icons in it, with my mouse to make it
> the
> correct measure, it is too large for the folder with less icons in it. And
> if
> I do the same for the floder with less icons it is too small for the
> folder
> with more icons. I have set in "Folder Options" the selection "Open each
> folder in its own window" and in "View" the selection "Launch folder
> windows
> in a separate process". Is there a smart REGISTRY-setting to cope with
> this
> problem ? Thanks Jan.

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I myself found a solution for my problem in the settings of my Matrox
Video-card (auto save/restore windows positions). Thank you for your replies.
Greetings, Jan.

"Not Me" wrote:

> ALL you really need on the Desktop [to start a program] is a shortcut to
> the programs .exe file; although, I do keep a folder icon on the Desktop
> for things I download which I wish to view/take action upon immediately.
> Gene K
>
> Jan wrote:
> > I have on my desktop a number of folders, with icons in it, in order to start
> > programs. Some folders with a few icons, others with more icons. I want the
> > folders to have their own dimension. So a folder with a few icons is small
> > and other larger. But I cannot find the way to do that. If I move the
> > folder-edge, with a large number of icons in it, with my mouse to make it the
> > correct measure, it is too large for the folder with less icons in it. And if
> > I do the same for the floder with less icons it is too small for the folder
> > with more icons. I have set in "Folder Options" the selection "Open each
> > folder in its own window" and in "View" the selection "Launch folder windows
> > in a separate process". Is there a smart REGISTRY-setting to cope with this
> > problem ? Thanks Jan.
>