In Windows XP:
How do I set the screen area which a window occupies when it is maximized. By default the window occupies the entire screen excluding the taskbar.
I am aware that WindowFX can do it - but I'm looking for a simpler solution which either (1) edits the registry or something as a one time basis or (2) keeps a small (free) program in memory which does not occupy more than 1 MB. any help / advice will be greatly appreciated!
rgds,
Saugata
Sorry for not being too helpful, but I really think that WindowFX is the best solution for you. I tried a few other apps that do it and only WFX appears to work correctly. It keeps settings, is low on resources plus adds other visual goodies (like beautiful shadows, far better than in Yz Shadow).
My advice is: forget other solutions since they'll just piss you off and get WindowFX.
The alternative that most would tell you is Hawkeye ShellInit, http://www.hawkeyetech.com/, a small/free program that does what you want. You have to re-run it, though, every time you restart explorer (i.e., if you have to kill explorer and restart it) and after certain events that, I guess, reset the Windows margin settings that the task bar uses. E.g., setting the taskbar to autohide will mess it up, and certain programs, like, Tclock, for some reason, don't work well.
Try it out... it's a little quirky. There's another program I tried, but it had similar quirks so I'm guessing they run the same way.
In Windows XP:How do I set the screen area which a window occupies when it is maximized. By default the window occupies the entire screen excluding the taskbar.
Why would you want to do this?
Why would you want to do this?
Well, let's say you have certain things arranged on your desktop and you want them to be visible at all times. Icons, dock, and media player for example. I have used Haweye Shellinit before because maximized windows were always blocking my dock and AIM applications. Plus I didn't want to have those windows always on top because then they would be blocking other windows.
OR your monitor supports ungodly high resolutions and you don't want the maximized window to waste all your screen real estate.
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