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Sendall
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Feb 18, 2025

Dialogue Boxes Open Too Small

Greetings...

I am finding dialogue boxes will not automatically expand to a usable size when opened.

When opening dialogue boxes in Windows 11:

1. They open too small by default
2. They will not persistently remember their window size

This behavior never seemed to exist in previous Windows OS's. It is frustrating to constantly manually enlarge the boxes.

I have looked for any resolution to this, but have found none, no registry hacks or third-party utilities seem to exist for this issue, either.

Is there a fix to this issue? It seems Microsoft has changed dialogue box behavior.

I already know how to enlarge boxes by various manual methods, what I am looking for is how to restore the way previous Windows editions automatically behaved with the size of
such boxes.

Thanks for any constructive responses.

  • There isn't a direct registry hack to fix this issue, but you can try modifying specific settings that might relate to Window size behavior. However, please note that modifying the registry can have unintended effects, so be careful and back it up first.

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