Windows 10 - How to make "Save as" window looks always the same?

Question

Everytime a new program shows a "Save as dialog window" I've to re-set it to the window's size I like. They always come small, specially the folder tree part. Is there a Register config I could use to set it to always the same size as default? This also applies to Open files dialog, or any other that involves giving a file path to the program.

Answer 1

I have done some limited testing, and this is what I have found.

Windows 10 is pretty good on remembering the Save As dialog size per application, so one does no longer need the old trick of holding Ctrl while closing the dialog.

Windows 10 will remember your selected columns across applications, but not the size. For keeping these sizes you need a third party product.

A shareware product that keeps sizes and more is Direct Folders ($19.95). However there is a free method.

Using the free macro language AutoHotkey, one can create a macro that checks every second for a dialog containing in its title "Save As" or "Open" and resizes it to a given size. Here is such a macro (source) which you could tailor to your needs :

#Persistent
SetTimer, MyTimer, 1000
return
MyTimer:
SetTitleMatchMode, 3
WinMove, Save As,,340,170,800,600
WinMove, Open,,340,170,800,600
return 

Note that newer Office programs have their own separate methods for these dialogs.

References :

• AutoHotkey documentation
• AutoHotkey WinMove command