Geek question...

[violetsrose]

At work I'm running Windows XP (stop groaning at the back there). When I open a new window (in any programme - word, excel, folder on PC, internet browser - whatever) it automatically defaults to placing it in the top left-hand corner of my screen

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[sinibar]

Hmm... now, I can't remember exactly how this works in Windows (I'm not an applications programmer), but I think that the default positioning of a window is progressively from the top left to the bottom right of your screen. That is to say that the first app will start in the absolute top left, the next slightly further right and down, the next further, etc. etc.

This, however, is only the default placement. When the application starts it can request to the window manager that it be allowed to have its own placement.

I'm not aware of any way of changing the default operation of the window manager (the top left -> bottom right thing) but I know that several applications themselves either by default of as an option can remember their view settings from where they are closed and start in the same place. I'd have a look and see if you can get any joy out of that route.

I've just had a shout round the office and nobody else knows how to change the default operation.

HTH some... :)