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Message 799614 - Posted: 18 Aug 2008, 14:11:05 UTC

I would prefer boinc remember last window position and size. Yes this is not really necessary but it would be nice.

Sorry if this already have been done / is possible - pls tell me how.

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Message 799629 - Posted: 18 Aug 2008, 14:57:19 UTC - in response to Message 799614.  
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I would prefer boinc remember last window position and size. Yes this is not really necessary but it would be nice.

Sorry if this already have been done / is possible - pls tell me how.

Roger

This has been a complaint for a long time. It's been brought to the attention of the developers many times. So far no solution.

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Message 799702 - Posted: 18 Aug 2008, 19:39:52 UTC - in response to Message 799614.  

I would prefer boinc remember last window position and size...

BOINC Manager remembers the window size quite well, only the position is handled by windows, as it is for many other programs as well.

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Message 799704 - Posted: 18 Aug 2008, 19:59:32 UTC - in response to Message 799702.  

I would prefer boinc remember last window position and size...

BOINC Manager remembers the window size quite well, only the position is handled by windows, as it is for many other programs as well.

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Window size has been a problem for me for the last few BOINC versions. Everytime I restart my computer, I have to allow BOINC to start (because I'm using Vista, so that's a separate issue) and then I have to resize my window because it defaults to something so small that nothing is visible.

I even thought that if I resized my BOINC Manager, then exited BOINC Manager that it might save the window size then, but no luck. I still have to resize every time I open BOINC Manager.
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Message 799723 - Posted: 18 Aug 2008, 21:25:36 UTC

Start the BOINC Manager.
Size it the way you want.
Close the BOINC Manager (NOT by shutting the system down).
Re-start BOINC Manager and see what size the window is.


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Message 799734 - Posted: 18 Aug 2008, 22:10:11 UTC - in response to Message 799723.  

Start the BOINC Manager.
Size it the way you want.
Close the BOINC Manager (NOT by shutting the system down).
Re-start BOINC Manager and see what size the window is.


It remembers window size when re-launching BOINC, but it still reverts to the smaller window size upon restart.
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Message 799790 - Posted: 19 Aug 2008, 0:56:03 UTC - in response to Message 799734.  

Start the BOINC Manager.
Size it the way you want.
Close the BOINC Manager (NOT by shutting the system down).
Re-start BOINC Manager and see what size the window is.


It remembers window size when re-launching BOINC, but it still reverts to the smaller window size upon restart.

And after a reboot.
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