Answer to the most annoying problem of Windows 7

[Brian]

From day one of upgrading to Windows 7, I was faced with the unpleasant
reality that Win7 doesn't remember the folder and size position. To further
torture me, for some reason unknown to me, it began to restrict some
programs' windows--such as IE , Outlook, Chrome, and a few other--to a fixed
size and position, not allowing any change no matter how many times I
resized, repositioned and restarted them. I even went as far as deleting the
"frame" entry in the registry for some programs such as Outlook, but it just
made the window to open in a new smaller uncompromising size and position!

After a very long time spend on searching the net and reading no-solution
answers, all I was able to find was a little utility called "ShellFolderFix"
which through its awkward interface, solved the problem for Windows folders,
but not the programs. I read comments saying that they had bad experience
with some paid programs (such as Windows Manager) which allowed fixing the
size and position of program windows and nobody knew of anything that
worked.

Tired of spending more hours than a fulltime job on the issue, I was about
to give up when on my very last try I stumbled upon a fantastic *little*
freeware developed by someone in Japan which not only allows for fixing the
size and position of *programs*, but it also has many other features which I
hadn't even heard before. Furthermore, it's only 60 kb, doesn't require
installation (just run the file), and it allows for selective fixing of the
size and position of the program Windows, and it will also work on XP, Vista
and Windows 7!

Why such a long post on my little discovery? because through my many days of
searching, I came across many people with the same problem, and thought that
the lease I can do is to share the wonderful solution with as many people as
I can and save them the time and trouble of trying things that won't work.

Program's name is "Pitaschio" (no, not pistachio!)

Link: http://pitaschio.ara3.net

Enjoy,

Brian

 

[LouB]

From day one of upgrading to Windows 7, I was faced with the
unpleasant reality that Win7 doesn't remember the folder and size
position. To further torture me, for some reason unknown to me, it began
to restrict some programs' windows--such as IE , Outlook, Chrome, and a
few other--to a fixed size and position, not allowing any change no
matter how many times I resized, repositioned and restarted them. I even
went as far as deleting the "frame" entry in the registry for some
programs such as Outlook, but it just made the window to open in a new
smaller uncompromising size and position!

After a very long time spend on searching the net and reading
no-solution answers, all I was able to find was a little utility called
"ShellFolderFix" which through its awkward interface, solved the problem
for Windows folders, but not the programs. I read comments saying that
they had bad experience with some paid programs (such as Windows
Manager) which allowed fixing the size and position of program windows
and nobody knew of anything that worked.

Tired of spending more hours than a fulltime job on the issue, I was
about to give up when on my very last try I stumbled upon a fantastic
*little* freeware developed by someone in Japan which not only allows
for fixing the size and position of *programs*, but it also has many
other features which I hadn't even heard before. Furthermore, it's only
60 kb, doesn't require installation (just run the file), and it allows
for selective fixing of the size and position of the program Windows,
and it will also work on XP, Vista and Windows 7!

Why such a long post on my little discovery? because through my many
days of searching, I came across many people with the same problem, and
thought that the lease I can do is to share the wonderful solution with
as many people as I can and save them the time and trouble of trying
things that won't work.

Program's name is "Pitaschio" (no, not pistachio!)

Link: http://pitaschio.ara3.net

Enjoy,

Brian

Anyone tried this? Works? Safe?

Lou

 

[Trev]

Anyone tried this? Works? Safe?

Lou

Brian says He has

 

[LouB]

Brian says He has

I am truly speechless at the stupidity of your reply.

Or, to put it another way, DOH

 

[relic]

I am truly speechless at the stupidity of your reply.

Or, to put it another way, DOH

PKB

 

[Trev]

I am truly speechless at the stupidity of your reply.

Or, to put it another way, DOH

Brian says its good but hides his Identity. So I would not touch it with
your barge pole

 

[Trev]

Brian says its good but hides his Identity. So I would not touch it with
your barge pole

I will re phrase that
I would not trust the link, but a Google give lots to read.

 

[LouB]

I will re phrase that I would not trust the link, but a Google give lots
to read.

For this reply I say Thank You.

http://www.google.com/search?aq=f&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8&q=pitaschio

Did turn up lots of stuff and it does sound safe and useful)

Link: http://pitaschio.ara3.net

Lou

 

[Brian]

Brian says its good but hides his Identity. So I would not touch it with
your barge pole

Dear Trev and LouB,

I do understand, and fully agree with you being cautious about software
recommendations. I have tried this for just two days, and so far I am more
than happy with it, although the interface can certainly use a lot of
improvements and there is no help file (there is a sort of a guide on the
website).
After resizing the Windows of the affected applications while using this
utility, I no longer have to have the utility running; the programs actually
remember the new size and position when I reopen them. Furthermore, Outlook,
IE, Chrome and a couple of other programs are actually back to normal,
meaning that when I resize them (without the utility running) they remember
the new size and position after being closed and reopened--the latter most
likely being a pleasant unintentional side effect!

As for my "identity":

When I was getting back on Usenet after 10 plus years, I asked on this
and another newsgroup about Usenet servers I could access for free, and the
advice that came with almost every recommendation was not to reveal my real
email address or I would get bombarded with spam.

I suppose it's for the same reason that Loub's email is listed as
(e-mail address removed)

I am open to suggestions regarding how to avoid spam without being perceived
as being too mysterious.

Regards,
Brian

 

[Char Jackson]

As for my "identity":

When I was getting back on Usenet after 10 plus years, I asked on this
and another newsgroup about Usenet servers I could access for free, and the
advice that came with almost every recommendation was not to reveal my real
email address or I would get bombarded with spam.

I suppose it's for the same reason that Loub's email is listed as
(e-mail address removed)

I am open to suggestions regarding how to avoid spam without being perceived
as being too mysterious.

Regards,
Brian

My $0.02 is that I don't need to see a valid email address in order to
trust a person. What I do need to see is a posting history that
indicates someone is interested in contributing to the group rather
than detracting or disrupting it. In your case your posting history is
relatively short, but so far so good.

 

[LD55ZRA]

I would not trust the link,

Then don't click on it. It won't activate by itself.

hth