Windows always stick to top left corner of screen when opening, tried everything I know of

Hi Skareel. I'm Greg, an Independent Advisor.

It's usually caused by something you've installed that's starting with WIndows and causing the WIndows to forget where they are programmed to open. Also any modifications you make of Windows will always come back to bite you with issues like this.

To try to fix it, see Step 4 here to turn off all Startup Freeloaders. Restart PC to test it. Drag the Windows to the size and position you want, then click the top right middle Maximize box a few times to program them to open there.

If it still doesn't work then see these options:
https://appuals.com/fix-windows-not-remembering... (Avoid ad links which intrude into editorial copy, especially avoid Restoro ad)
https://www.computerhope.com/issues/ch001478.htm

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CzYchFJ_3Qw

I hope this helps. Feel free to ask back any questions and keep me posted. I will keep working with you until it's resolved.

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Thank you Greg for your response, been very difficult to get help on this. I'll give these suggestions a shot and post back what I find out from it. Where do I find step 4 for the startup?

Hey Greg,

So I tried turning off the startup services and items and the problem still happens. I tried cascade from the taskbar as well. In both the Photos app and Photoshop the same behavior still occurs where it sticks to the top left of the screen whenever I use the "open" window. I tried dragging the window to the center, double clicking the title bar to maximize back and forth a couple times, but that doesn't do anything. I also restarted in safe mode to see if that changed anything but I can't open the photos app in safe mode and it had no effect on Photoshop's open window.

What program conflict could do this? It happens in every application that I try to open things in. I just tested it in Davinci Resolve as well and the same thing happens. If it's happening in the default Photos app for windows, it has to be something going on with the operating system. Since I disabled all the startup stuff and it's still occurring, where would I look next?

Can you try going into the photos app and go to import > files from a folder. Does it default to the top left corner of the screen? If you drag it to the center and close it and then reopen, does it go back to top left?

Ok I tested this out with a new user account. I created a local test account and tried opening a window in Photos and Photoshop. It defaults to top left but when I put it in the middle and tried again, it remembered where I put it. So, something is going on with my user profile that is causing this to happen but I don't know where to look next in my user account to find out what is causing this issue. Since the same programs are on this computer whether I'm logged into the test account or my main account, something has to be wrong in my user profile.

If I Import > From a Folder it opens the mini-Explorer in top left corner. If it resize and move it to center, then close and reopen, it starts to go to top left corner but then relocates to the place and size I moved it.

This means that the default of being able to reposition and resize a folder is being remembered even against the program's default open location. This is how Windows should work, and when it doesn't it's almost always been due to a program conflict. If turning off all Startups (in all four locations I list where they can hide now) doesn't work then I would use Autosizer.

I believe I found the issue. It's causing by display scaling in windows. I always use display scaling because 100% is too small on high resolution monitors. When I turn the scaling to 100%, it remembers the window location. When I set it to 125%, it won't remember it. This looks like a bug in Windows and would explain why some people don't see it happening. I'm guessing you're using 100%? How can we get in touch with Microsoft to fix this?

Good find.  My display scaling is 117% so there may be a threshold that triggers it near there.  Anyway I'll add this to the watch/fix list for Window sizing.

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