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As you may have noticed, people are creatures of habit and like to have things be the same way each time they use them. This is no different for our tech devices such as computers and smartphones.
If you are running Microsoft Windows on your computer, you may have noticed that when you open programs, they tend to have a mind of their own and open if a variety of sizes. Many people like to have their programs open full screen, but others like to use their own custom size. In this article, we will be showing you how to resize any open window to a custom size or location on your monitor.
To accomplish this, we will be using a free app called Sizer that you can download from their website here. Once you install the software and run it, you will find it running in the Windows system tray.
You can then double click the Sizer icon to open the program to configure its settings. As you can see in the image below, there are many preconfigured sizes to choose from and they are broken down into groups such as 4:3, 16:9 and even some YouTube settings. You can also move the default entries up and down in the list to order them as you please. If there are too many options, you can also delete any that you do not want to use with the Sizer app.
To use Sizer to resize your open windows, simply select the window you want to change and press the Sizer shortcut keys which are Ctrl-Win-Z. You can change the shortcut keys if you want to use a different key combination.
Once you press the key combination, you will see the sizer menu appear on your open window. Then all you need to do is choose the size you want, and your window will then be resized to that exact size.
If you want to create your own custom size, you can do that as well by clicking the Add Size button. Then you can give your size a name and choose its dimensions for width and height. You can even assign it a custom shortcut key combination.
If you want to also have the window moved to a different location on your screen, you can do so from the Move to dropdown menu.
If you click on the Options tab, you will have a few settings that you can adjust such as changing the default shortcut key combination.
If you want to organize your settings, you can click on the Add Other button to add a new group or separator. Then you can use the Move Up and Move Down buttons to rearrange the size selections.
Once you add your custom sizes and remove any default sizes that you do not need, your Sizer configuration will be much more streamlined, and it will make it quicker to resize your windows as needed.
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