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hunkydoryrepair / MonitorKeeper

Return windows to their rightful place when changing monitors.
MIT License
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Minimized Windows #4

Closed as2-0 closed 3 years ago

as2-0 commented 3 years ago

When a Window of an application was maximized and has been minimzed to the taskbar afterwards. After Windows dis- and reconnecting the displays while using this tool, the Window of the minimzed application isn't maximized any more, when you open it again.

I hope the description was understandable.

Except this small issue this tool is amazing. Eventhough it's a shame that Windows doesn't seem to offer such a feature. Thanks for making it!!!

(I'm using Windows 10 1909 with 2 identical monitors connected via DisplayPort)

hunkydoryrepair commented 3 years ago

I've heard Microsoft is addressing this window problem in Windows 11.

This is an interesting issue. There is a flag on the Windowplacement structure that tells windows whether to restore the minimized windows to MAXIMIZED or not. Unfortunately, I don't think applications can READ that setting. I'll look into it a little.

hunkydoryrepair commented 3 years ago

This is actually just a bug in MonitorKeeper. The flag was being overwritten. Building a fix

hunkydoryrepair commented 3 years ago

new release ready with this fixed.