Path: csiph.com!usenet.pasdenom.info!gegeweb.org!eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!mx04.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: "Bob Butler" Newsgroups: comp.lang.basic.visual.misc Subject: Re: Common Dialog Function Date: Tue, 13 Mar 2012 15:54:37 -0700 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 24 Message-ID: References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; reply-type=response Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Injection-Date: Tue, 13 Mar 2012 22:56:47 +0000 (UTC) Injection-Info: mx04.eternal-september.org; posting-host="d9RVOD2WbRHHBIBQCsvRcw"; logging-data="18698"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX19wLuboepLixKJ9OI6O5HO8LPs3tiPvduA=" X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.0.6002.18463 In-Reply-To: X-Newsreader: Microsoft Windows Mail 6.0.6002.18197 Cancel-Lock: sha1:G0vIc1MUiTjnGZ+zcVSJcXuD9qY= X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.basic.visual.misc:945 "Mike Williams" wrote in message news:jjoaqo$t2n$1@dont-email.me... > "Bob Butler" wrote in message > news:jjo2ss$brr$1@dont-email.me... >> >> I have the same issue with 1 app on a Vista box. When it opens >> the dialog box it is maximized but double-clicking the dialog box >> title bar puts it back to normal. Other apps using the same code >> do not exhibit the problem and the same exe doesn't do it on >> other systems. I've searched the registry and everywhere I can >> think of with no luck. I've learned to live with it. > > Hmm . . . that's quite interesting. I've never actually noticed it before > but it seems that Windows remembers the most recent window state (and the > size) of file dialogs on a program by program basis and that the memory > persists between restarts, so it must be in the registry somewehere. I > haven't looked for it yet but I'm sure it must be there somewhere. Perhaps > the entry has become corrupt for the specific program you are talking > about? That's been my assumption but I haven't found it yet. It's probably in some binary value somewhere.