Solved Size and Location for Task Manager, Control Panel, Settings

Feuer · Jun 20, 2023

Hey guys. Do you know!?
Are there any registry tweak to set "Size and Location" for "Task Manager", "Control Panel" and "Settings".

zebal · Jun 20, 2023

I forgot the key kombination to make windows remember position and size of a running program, it was SHIFT + close or CTRL + close something like that.

Feuer · Jun 20, 2023

Thanks for the answer Zebal.

I can manipulate window size and location of
explorer.exe
regedit.exe
*that includes in windows 11 22h2

I want to know if there are any registry tweaks for "Task Manager", "Control Panel" and "Settings" windows.

Brink · Jun 20, 2023

Usually, they will open to the same size and position as last closed by default.

zebal · Jun 20, 2023

Brink said:
Usually, they will open to the same size and position as last closed by default.

This is new to me, but I just checked and it seems what I said in my previous post applies to previous versions of windows:

Ctrl or Shift + close button?

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.general (More info?) Is it true that holding down ctrl and/or shift + close button of a window is supposed to do something? Some said it has to do with remembering the size of the window.

forums.tomshardware.com

Feuer · Jun 21, 2023

Brink said:
Usually, they will open to the same size and position as last closed by default.

Hey Brink. I know that.
But I want to know if there are registry codes for them.

Brink · Jun 21, 2023

Feuer said:
Hey Brink. I know that.
But I want to know if there are registry codes for them.

I'm not aware of any for these.

Feuer · Jun 21, 2023

Brink said:
I'm not aware of any for these.

If you don't know, nobody knows.

Brink · Jun 21, 2023

Feuer said:
If you don't know, nobody knows.

It really wouldn't matter if there was though. It would always get changed to the last size, location, and position as last closed anyways.

Feuer · Jun 21, 2023

It is not matter. But knowledge is power.

I will also ask at tenforums

das10 · Jun 22, 2023

For Task Manager, there appears to be a settings.json file at the following location which seems to contain some size/position data:
C:\Users\YOUR USER NAME\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\TaskManager\settings.json

For Control Panel, Settings etc., I don't know.

Feuer · Jun 22, 2023

das10 said:
For Task Manager, there appears to be a settings.json file at the following location which seems to contain some size/position data:
C:\Users\YOUR USER NAME\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\TaskManager\settings.json

For Control Panel, Settings etc., I don't know.

Thanks das10. It is useful.
So Taskbar location settings are not in registry, It is in a json file.
I will check if I can use also for backup my Taskbar Settings.

das10 · Jun 22, 2023

The "Settings" size/position data might be stored at the following location; although it is in some kind of Hex format so it is difficult to investigate further at this point.

In my Registry, this data appears to change every time the Settings size/position is changed/restored .

Code:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\AppModel\SystemAppData\windows.immersivecontrolpanel_cw5n1h2txyewy\ApplicationFrame\windows.immersivecontrolpanel_cw5n1h2txyewy!microsoft.windows.immersivecontrolpanel

Try3 · Jun 22, 2023

I played around with that Registry Key and found that restoring its previous values would sometimes make the Settings window appear in the place defined by those values but not always.
Perhaps there is another factor in play???

All the best,
Denis

zebal · Jun 22, 2023

You can use process monitor and enable monitoring registry only.
clear contents of Procmon and resize\reposition some window to see if that updates any registry values.

Feuer · Jun 22, 2023

From this address I manipulate Windows Explorer window size and location

Code:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\Bags\AllFolders\Shell

I have found that you can manipulate Control Panel window size and location here

Code:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\Bags\AllFolders\Shell\Microsoft.Windows.ControlPanel

You can backup all of your Task Manager Settings with this file include windows size and location
If you erase this file it changes to default windows settings to its back.
(thanks to das10)

Code:

C:\Users\YOUR USER NAME\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\TaskManager\settings.json

That das10 mentioned Settings windows size and location registry settings is here

Code:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\AppModel\SystemAppData\windows.immersivecontrolpanel_cw5n1h2txyewy\ApplicationFrame\windows.immersivecontrolpanel_cw5n1h2txyewy!microsoft.windows.immersivecontrolpanel

So all it is solved.

das10 said:
The "Settings" size/position data might be stored at the following location; although it is in some kind of Hex format so it is difficult to investigate further at this point.

Bro sometimes i save registry key to a reg file then apply it with a cmd command.
Or
I use a tool from sordum.org named "Reg Converter" It convert reg files to bat file