We have been through multiple versions of Windows. Yet, Microsoft still refuses to give its OS one much-requested feature: the ability to remember each window’s desktop placement and dimensions.
Thankfully, the free WinSize2 utility can help with that. So, let’s see how you can use it to keep your desktop organized by “sticking” windows to their spot.
How to Download & Install WinSize2
Since it’s a third-party tool, it’s not included with Windows. Thus, to use it, you will have to download the app from the official WinSize2 site.
After you download and install it, you won’t see anything on your screen. The app will run in the background, hidden from sight, waiting for your input. As we’ll see next, its interface will be accessible from an icon in the window tray.
Before you access WinSize2’s interface, we should warn you that it looks ancient. That’s because, well, it is ancient.
WinSize2 was released over a decade ago, but that’s not a negative. On the contrary, it remains relevant many Windows versions later, the time since its release not affecting its usefulness.
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How to Insta-Lock Window Positions
Point your mouse cursor at WinSize2’s icon, lingering in the Windows tray. You will see a hovering bubble with its version and active hotkey.
You can use this hotkey combination, by default mapped to Ctrl + Alt + Z, to save any window’s position and dimensions on any desktop spot.
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With the window whose placement and dimensions you want to save visible, move it and resize it anywhere on your desktop, precisely as you’d like it to show up in the future.
With the window active and selected, to create an entry for it and save its spot and size, press WinSize2’s hotkey button combination (by default Ctrl + Alt + Z).
Almost immediately, a message will appear hovering next to your mouse cursor, informing you about the action’s success.
That was it! If you try closing and reopening the window, you will see it reappear on the same spot with the exact dimensions. Try moving it around and closing it. When it shows up again, instead of popping up on a random location on your desktop, WinSize2 will detect its appearance, and move and resize it wherever you “pinned” it.
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Source: How to Have Windows Remember Their Size and Positions With WinSize2
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