After closing Brave in windowed mode and reopening it, it opens in a different location on my desktop. Any way to fix this?
No I tried that, still the same issue.
I already had all the Micro$oft stuff done - I’m pretty handy with Losedows and turning all the stupid doodads off. Also, Brave is the only program (or even browser) I have with this issue. Vivaldi and Firefox work fine.
Starting maximized did not help either - resizing to window results in the same wrong position as before. Sorry this is such a thorny problem, I do appreciate your input.
Interestingly, the issue seems to have resolved itself in the last day or so. So I guess we’re good, unless I just jinxed myself. [EDIT: Of course I did. The problem has returned.]
If you don’t mind switching to macOS or Linux then it is possible to start Brave with a specific window position using SPB.
However, the way this is accomplished is by sending a command to the browser via the command line when launched.
This is accomplished using the --window-position. Option. These options will I guess also work on Windows.
So starting Brave with the command :
“C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\brave.exe” --window-size=1024,768 --window-position=100,100
The playing with the values window size and position should work but as I don’t have windows system I am not able to test to confirm that command is correct.
Give it a try and see if you can get it working on Windows this approach works on both macOS and Linux.
This is an interesting idea. I tried this and it is giving me some strange, inconsistent results…
- On one try, Brave got the same wrong position as before.
- On another try, it got the position correct…but the size was not what I specified. I have it as 1024x761 (I shorten it a few pixels on the bottom to avoid bringing up my auto-hidden taskbar) but the actual size Brave gave me was 1010x754, or 7 pixels short on left, right, bottom.
I am also observing that 7 is the number of pixels I shortened the window height by, so now I am wondering if Brave has some hidden AI that thinks “this idiot likes everything shortened by 7 pixels, so I better do it on the other sides too.” Perhaps it’s Windows doing it, but again, I don’t get this error on any other program. I might tinker with it some more, might not. Thanks for the input.
[EDIT: I may have isolated it to the close-window “X” button in the upper right corner. Clicking it does not save my settings. Going to the 3-line menu button and clicking on Exit might.]
Glad you’re having some sort of success.
I was not sure that would work on Windows for the position but if it is that is good to know.
Aha moment - as wonder stated above, it is indeed a Windows issue. I just had it happen with Firefox. Somewhere along the line I accidentally created a second desktop in Windows. THAT is what is causing the issue. I just have to learn about desktops and how to remove them. Resolved. Still, a big thanks to everyone for your input.