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More info?)
Thanks fro the reply,
But alas it did not answer my question. The fault must be
with me and how I described it.. so here goes.
Yes I know about "Reuse" and I have it checked (rem I have
said I have had this issue since Sp1 on XP, so I have
taken alot of advice and nothing has fixed it).
I want one window to open with the position so I can see
the left hand side of my desk, so I resize the window to
my specification and close it then I reopen it and it does
open where I had last closed it, then I try to open
another window and it is offset [Cascaded].
All I want is ALL subsequent windows to be in that exact
same position, wheather I close the first, second, third..
etc or not. I am takling about subsequent clicks on IE
icon to open a new browser window, not just links, but
actual calls to iexplore.exe.
I had this exact behavior in Win XP pro before I added Sp1
and when I rebooted I noticed my windows now [Cascade]
instead of open right exactly on top of each other.
Nothing I do has that same behavior.
Thanks again,
Wolfe
>-----Original Message-----
>On Sun, 3 Oct 2004 12:31:23 -0700, Wolfe wrote:
>
>> That is exactly what I was looking for.. since you have
>> solved this can you solve another?
>>
>> When I open a non maximized IE window it used to open
all
>> subsequent windows in the same place, i.e. right on top
of
>> one another, but ever since upgrading to Sp1 I have
lost
>> that functionality. They all open offset a little,
which
>> is very inconvienent
>>
>> Do you know this one?
>>
>> Thanks ahead of time,
>
>You're very welcome. For your other question....
>
>If you are opening separate browser windows (each page
displayed in its own
>window), the normal default positioning is a slight
offset for each window
>- creating a cascade of title bars, each within reach of
a mouse click.
>
>If using the setting "reuse browser windows to open
internet shortcuts" -
>one browser window is all that's on the screen and its
position won't
>change. Close the window and open another, the next one
will open in the
>same spot. "Reuse" setting is found in Internet Options>
Advanced.
>
>If you override the "reuse" setting by forcing an "open
in new window" via
>the right click menu, it will appear with the offset.
Whichever browser
>window that you close last determines the position of the
next window to be
>opened. So if you want to maintain that initial position
for new browser
>windows, close all "open in new" windows first. Then
close the window that
>was first opened.
>
>One thing that I do to keep track of that "first" window
is to minimize it
>to keep it separate from the "open in new" windows. You
can restore it
>before closing if you prefer but you can right click>
Close on its taskbar
>button and get the same results.
>
>Sounds more confusing than it really is and managing the
windows becomes
>second nature after a short time.
>
>--
>Sharon F
>MS-MVP ~ Windows XP Shell/User
>.
>