file explorer window keeps resizing to very small

[gregh57]

There is a bug in file explorer where the window resizes to very small as a default ever so often. This is not something I am deliberately doing - I never deliberately make the window that size. The window now opens tiny and resizes from full screen to tiny if I drag it between monitors.

Any workaround?

 

[pirateNo1]

Is it not altered to that in your settings?

 

[gregh57]

Hi, but I am not sure what you mean - what settings are there for the file explorer size?

I know it is meant to remember the last size and position, but that seems to get ignored and reset back to this tiny version from time to time

 

[eKeith]

Try opening to your preferred window size. Then, using the menu, and not the top-right "X", exit the program. Reopen.

 

[gregh57]

Try opening to your preferred window size. Then, using the menu, and not the top-right "X", exit the program. Reopen.

that's pretty much what I alluded to in the previous post - sadly it does not "stick" and every so often goes back to the tiny size. Oh well.

 

[Kobor42]

that's pretty much what I alluded to in the previous post - sadly it does not "stick" and every so often goes back to the tiny size. Oh well.

Real solution: Set your preferred size, then go to View -> Settings -> "... something settings". You get to the old school setting panel from Windows 7 (XP?). On the middle tab there are two buttons. The first one says "Apply to subfolders" (???). Press that, choose accept, close settings, then close file manager. After reopen: Voila, it's resized!
I don't know the proper english names of the items, because my windows is localized.