How do I get Studio 2015 to remember the window size the next time I open the application?

This may seem like a trivial question, but it is a daily annoyance and I haven't been able to find the solution myself. For the past year or so (possibly since the last Studio upgrade?) I have had to manually resize the main window every time I launch the application. No matter what I do, it opens in the top left corner of the screen, at about 3/4 of the screen height and 1/2 of the screen width. My main monitor has a resolution of 1920 x 1080, and I have a secondary monitor with a resolution of 1280 x 1024. I am running Windows 10 Home on a Core i5-6600 CPU. All suggestions are welcome!

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How do I get Studio 2015 to remember the window size the next time I open the application? This may seem like a trivial question, but it is a daily annoyance and I haven't been able to find the solution myself. For the past year or so (possibly since the last Studio upgrade?) I have had to manually resize the main window every time I launch the application. No matter what I do, it opens in the top left corner of the screen, at about 3/4 of the screen height and 1/2 of the screen width. My main monitor has a resolution of 1920 x 1080, and I have a secondary monitor with a resolution of 1280 x 1024. I am running Windows 10 Home on a Core i5-6600 CPU. All suggestions are welcome!
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0 Walter Blaser over 9 years ago

Ben

This problem seems to occur only in specific situations, namely when the GUI language is set to a different one than the version of Windows.

For more details on what causes it, have a look at this post.

The cause was discovered only a few days ago and SDL promised to fix the problem quickly, most probably shortly after SR2.

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0 Ben Hickman over 9 years ago in reply to Walter Blaser

Hi Walter,

Your quick answer really made my day! I was happy to hear it's a known issue. That's much better than hearing it's an obvious setting or that no one else has ever seen this problem.

The specific situation you mentioned would not seem to apply to me, unfortunately; I'm running the English-language versions of both Windows 10 and SDL Trados Studio 2015. I tried to follow the link you posted, but it seems to be broken. Could you please add the name of the post so I can try Googling it?

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0 Alison Field over 9 years ago in reply to Ben Hickman

Hi Ben,

I happened to notice your question to Walter so I tried his link, which worked for me.
So here's the actual address to copy and paste into your browser address line:

community.sdl.com/.../5950

Hope it helps,
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0 Jerzy Czopik over 9 years ago in reply to Alison Field

I'm afraid the link is NOT visible to anyone not fro the beta team.

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0 Alison Field over 9 years ago in reply to Jerzy Czopik

Ah, yes, thanks for pointing that out, Jerzy.... silly me!

And now I see that, oops, the link has been truncated automatically anyway... Sorry. Ben, I didn't check...! Too overloaded with work. I'm not complaining, that's always a good thing even if it means you've just worked through the night.

Anyway, the link leads to an interesting discussion about which setup scenarios appear to be triggering this bug, and expressing the hope that a solution would be found soon.

Daniel Brockmann did give this info:
Also a tip - if you want to force certain coordinates to be used you can use an application such as Sizer: www.brianapps.net/sizer/ . It is excellent for me as it allows me to set a certain default size for capturing videos, for instance. But as I said, I can't repro in the first place and hope to get more details on how to repro.

Let's hope the next CU solves this irritating problem!
I'm fortunate in that I don't have this problem myself...
All the best,
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0 Walter Blaser over 9 years ago in reply to Ben Hickman

Hi Ben

I'm sorry about the link, but the problem is that it leads to a post in the beta forum, to which you don't have access. I would have made a screenshot of it, but this is not feasible because it is a quite lengthy discussion that does not fit in a screenshot.

About the language: which display language do you use on your English Windows 10? Is it also English or is it Dutch. The problem is linked to the "list separator", which you can change in "Control Panel - Regional settings".

What you can also do as a workaround is to edit the file "Usersettings.xml" in "C:\Users\<your user name>\AppData\Roaming\SDL\SDL Trados Studio\12.0.0.0" as described here:

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0 Ben Hickman over 9 years ago in reply to Alison Field

Thanks, Alison (and Jerzy).
For now I'm just glad to know that it really is a bug and that it is being looked into.
I may look into that Sizer app if it is not resolved soon.

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0 Ben Hickman over 9 years ago in reply to Walter Blaser

Walter!

Thanks for posting this. Very helpful!

This is what I found:

First I checked the Bounds delimiter in my UserSettings.xml file, and the comma is used, which you said is what it should be for Studio 2015, so I was initially disappointed.

Then I checked my Windows regional settings. This is what I found:

So although I am using the English version of Windows 10 Home and SDL Trados Studio 2015, I had the Region Format set to Dutch (Netherlands).

As soon as I set it to English (United States) and restarted Studio, the WINDOW SIZE STAYED THE SAME!

Now, obviously, I'll have to see whether changing the regional setting to English (United States) creates some other annoyance...

I hope this additional information may help someone else or perhaps help the Studio development team resolve the problem.

Thanks again for your help everyone! Now I'd really better get back to translating...:)

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0 Alison Field over 9 years ago in reply to Ben Hickman

Yaaay! Good news :)
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0 Ben Hickman over 9 years ago in reply to Ben Hickman

Hi all,

Just want to post an update on my experience with this issue:
- My original problems was that Studio 2015 (12.0.4996.3) would not start with the application window size last used on a system with the English version of Windows 10 Home with the region set to Dutch (Netherlands).
- As I reported previously, changing the region to English (United States) eliminated this problem.
- Having reread Walter's last post, I realized that I overlooked the last sentence concerning manual replacement of the delimiter in UserSettings.xml. So I changed the regional settings back to Dutch (Netherlands), which is my personal preference, and manually changed the delimiters from commas to semicolons. Now everything is working exactly the way I want it to.

A big thank you to Walter!

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0 Ben Hickman over 9 years ago in reply to Ben Hickman

Hi all,

Just want to post an update on my experience with this issue:
- My original problems was that Studio 2015 (12.0.4996.3) would not start with the application window size last used on a system with the English version of Windows 10 Home with the region set to Dutch (Netherlands).
- As I reported previously, changing the region to English (United States) eliminated this problem.
- Having reread Walter's last post, I realized that I overlooked the last sentence concerning manual replacement of the delimiter in UserSettings.xml. So I changed the regional settings back to Dutch (Netherlands), which is my personal preference, and manually changed the delimiters from commas to semicolons. Now everything is working exactly the way I want it to.

A big thank you to Walter!

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0 Ben Hickman over 9 years ago in reply to Ben Hickman

Unfortunately I was too quick to cheer...
This is what ACTUALLY happens (with English Windows 10 Home, SDL Trados Studio 2015 (12.0.4996.3), and regional settings set to Dutch (Netherlands)):
- I start Studio and reposition/resize the window.
- I close Studio.
- I change the "Bounds" delimiters in UserSettings.xml from commas to semicolons.
- I open Studio and the window has the same position and size as when I last closed it (the "desirable" situation).
- When Studio is closed again the "Bounds" information is overwritten and the delimiters are changed back to commas.
- The next time Studio is opened it reverts to the standard window size and position.
Oh well. Just have to wait for the fix, I guess.
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