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Old 03-30-2007, 03:45 PM
Ayush
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Re: Getting an app to open in a set window size & screen position

Replied to [Dan]s message :
> I've been trying to figure this one out for some time. I have my PC
> connected to a TV in another room & play videos on said TV from the PC using
> Nero Home. Works great, even controls with the MS media center remote
> (though it's XP Home SP2) only trouble is, to get the image to fill the TV
> screen, the Nero Home window has to be of an exact size precisely located in
> the upper right hand corner of the PC monitor. I would like to have the
> program open to that size & position, but each time I must re-position &
> resize the window. Tried the shift key on close thing, nogo. I've also
> thought of recording a macro of the open program/size/position moves, but I
> can't find out whether this can even be done in XP (like it could in 3.1,
> 95, etc.) . Anyone have any ideas?
>
> TIA
>
> Dan
>
>


Try AutoHotKey. You can move,resize windows with it easily. For Example-

WinMove,Nero Home,,0,0,200,200

will move the window to top-left and set its width to 200/200

http://autohotkey.com


Good Luck, Ayush.
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Old 03-30-2007, 03:45 PM