On 25 Feb 2010, at 02:24, objectwerks inc wrote: > On Feb 24, 2010, at 7:18 PM, objectwerks inc wrote: > >> On Feb 24, 2010, at 7:02 PM, Macs R We wrote: >> >> >>> On Feb 24, 2010, at 07:59 AM, William Ehrich wrote: >>> >>>> Since one of the recent system updates all new windows open near the upper >>>> left corner instead of where they closed or (apparently) where programs >>>> put them. It's a damn nuisance. Is there a workaround? >>> >>> I believe the "memory" of where a folder's window last fell and what >>> listing mode it was opened in is in a dot-something file in that folder. >>> If you did something to destroy your dot-something files (e.g., like moving >>> a folder structure onto and back off a Windows-formatted volume) those >>> settings will be forgotten and default to the upper left corner. >> >> I am not sure but I don't think so. I think it is stored in the defaults >> system somewhere (based on my trying to do some defaults stuff myself and >> reading up on it in my own SW). > > If you do a > > % defaults read > > and look things through you find all sorts of window, view, etc things in > there that look like window position and other such saved info
That's true for normal apps - but the Finder stores window positions in .DS_Store, as Vince's post mentions. So an alien file system would account for Finder issues, but not other apps. ~/Library/Preferences contains all the user defaults files, but if they are unreadable the default window position should be taken from the nib files, which are unlikely to be at top left. Paul _______________________________________________ MacOSX-talk mailing list [email protected] http://www.omnigroup.com/mailman/listinfo/macosx-talk
