File Open dialog box default size

Alan Roy · External Since: Feb 06, 2007 Posts: 3

Whenever one goes to open or save a file, I always find the dialog box to
small, and like to resize to make it easier to look through the hundreds of
folders i have. Is there any way to alter the default opening size of the
file management dialog boxes?

Keith Miller MVP · External Since: Jan 20, 2007 Posts: 448

Vista seems to remember the size and position of the Open/Save dialog on a
per-application basic. View settings (icon style, sort order) for the
dialog are remembered for each folder. I think you'll find as you continue
working that your preferences are remembered.

I haven't found any way to set a global default.

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Good Luck,

Keith
Microsoft MVP [Windows XP Shell/User]

"Alan Roy" <a.roy.TakeThisOut@nospam.surrey.ac.uk> wrote in message
news:C8C51845-D3B0-4A1F-8E79-15FFAE15F6BE@microsoft.com...
> Whenever one goes to open or save a file, I always find the dialog box to
> small, and like to resize to make it easier to look through the hundreds
> of folders i have. Is there any way to alter the default opening size of
> the file management dialog boxes?

DHorse · External Since: Feb 24, 2009 Posts: 1

I do not think there is a solution to this yet. Mad

The best thing to
do is double click the title bar. The dialog will resize itself to it
largest default size. (a Restore rather than Maximize state) :confused:

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seanos · External Since: Sep 15, 2009 Posts: 1

DHorse;1179138 Wrote:
> I do not think there is a solution to this yet. Mad

The best thing to
> do is double click the title bar. The dialog will resize itself to it
> largest default size. (a Restore rather than Maximize state) :confused:

There is a -partial- solution which has quietly been there in XP as
well. If you hold down Control while closing a window via the top right
X, its dimensions seem to be saved.

However, this seems to work -per application-. This means if you do it
for the Open dialog in Firefox, it's -only- saved for Firefox.

A little quirky (well it -is- Microsoft), but better than constantly
resizing windows. Now if only I could get some Gnome windows to do
this!

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