gHacks technology news » windows patcher http://www.ghacks.net A technology blog covering software, mobile phones, gadgets, security, the Internet and other relevant areas. Wed, 25 Nov 2009 15:55:11 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 en hourly 1 Open Files Patcher http://www.ghacks.net/2008/08/12/open-files-patcher/ http://www.ghacks.net/2008/08/12/open-files-patcher/#comments Tue, 12 Aug 2008 12:23:51 +0000 Martin http://www.ghacks.net/?p=6089 If you open files in Windows XP you notice that the default open files dialog always resets to a rather tiny menu. Even if your resize the Open Files menu you will notice that it defaults to the tiny size again after closing the application or restarting the operating system.

The File Open Patcher software patches the Windows Open Files dialog in Comdlg32.dll with a new custom height that the user can select when executing the patch. The application recommends a new height and lists minimum and maximum height for the Open Files dialog by analysing the computer monitor.

The patch will be applied immediately but the changes will become apparent after the next reboot of the computer system. It is also necessary to apply the patch again after making updates to several core Windows components but it’s easy to notice because the Open Files dialog box should be smaller again.

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One thing that I should have mentioned earlier is that the Open Files Patcher is not only affecting the Open but also the Save dialogs for most applications.

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