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So happy to see so much more active development in windows stuff these days, for a while it looked like all the cool stuff was happening in the apple ecosystem,

by vxNsr 6y ago

So happy to see so much more active development in windows stuff these days, for a while it looked like all the cool stuff was happening in the apple ecosystem, I’m happy to see developers starting to trust windows again. One of the things that I’d love to see in this that fancy zones is missing is the ability of windows to remember where they should be after I reconnect to my dock. Like maybe I run some shortcut right before I disconnect the dock that stores window locations and then when I reconnect I click the shortcut again to restore them to those monitors.

mcyoloswagham 6y ago
what do you mean by reconnect to my dock? Feel free to open an issue if you'd like and I'll try and to my best to implement it. edit: I think I understand, WinWM has a hotkey called refresh after you move windows you can use it to return all windows to the current layout.
- rodrigodlu 6y ago
  I think he is talking bout plugging or unplugging a new/different display. You can connect external displays to USB-C or Thunderbolt docks / hubs.
  - mcyoloswagham 6y ago
    ah I see, I'll add that to the checklist
    - DoingIsLearning 6y ago
      Worth remembering that you can configure a machine to either mirror a display (I would expect the most common case) or extend the desktop (new display becomes display #2). It is also not uncommon to dock a laptop at a workstation with dual or triple monitors.
0xdba 6y ago
> One of the things that I’d love to see in this that fancy zones is missing is the ability of windows to remember where they should be after I reconnect to my dock. When I worked in an office, and had frequent meetings I had to take my laptop to, it irked me enough to come up with my own solution: https://github.com/nearwood/windmill https://github.com/nearwood/windmill
- jmlucjav 6y ago
  can you save different 'layouts' so you can load a different one in diff context?
  - 0xdba 6y ago
    No. It's pretty bare-bones. Save before a disconnect, restore after re-connect. And it's hWnd based, so if the window handle ever changes it won't work. Also won't work for admin windows, unless run as an admin. But it worked well enough for me.
    - nickflood 6y ago
      Oh wow, the hwnd approach is an awesome idea! I suffer from a different issue - my monitor has a displayport and 2 hdmi inputs, and when you activate one of the hdmi inputs, the other sends a "monitor disconnected" signal to its host, which messes up the layout. It would be awesome to have an app that constantly remembers the layout, and once it detects a change in the number of monitors, or a resolution change, it stops doing it until the monitor returns, and it does, it restores windows to the saved places. Sounds easy enouch, and I'll probably create this app myself based on examples from your code.
      - 0xdba 6y ago
        I had wanted to do that, but when I created it I was using a proprietary ThinkPad dock and Windows 7, and I couldn't find an easy way to detect when connected/disconnected. Might be a way now with Win10 and Type-C docks.
NicoJuicy 6y ago
If you want to see some nice stuff: Powertoys ( https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/powertoys/ https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/powertoys/ ) Search Everything ( https://www.voidtools.com/ https://www.voidtools.com/ & it's toolbar https://github.com/stnkl/EverythingToolbar https://github.com/stnkl/EverythingToolbar - highly recommended ) Gif about search everything toolbar: https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/17520641/102723553-04d88f00-4309-11eb-834f-d20c1ce14a67.gif https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/17520641/102723553... PsTools - https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/downloads/pstools https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/downloads/psto... The tools included in the PsTools suite, which are downloadable as a package, are: PsExec - execute processes remotely, PsFile - shows files opened remotely, PsGetSid - display the SID of a computer or a user, PsInfo - list information about a system, PsPing - measure network performance, PsKill - kill processes by name or process ID, PsList - list detailed information about processes, PsLoggedOn - see who's logged on locally and via resource sharing (full source is included), PsLogList - dump event log records, PsPasswd - changes account passwords, PsService - view and control services, PsShutdown - shuts down and optionally reboots a computer, PsSuspend - suspends processes, PsUptime - shows you how long a system has been running since its last reboot (PsUptime's functionality has been incorporated into PsInfo)
- nullify88 6y ago
  Additional tips regarding psTools. Enter https://live.sysinternals.com https://live.sysinternals.com in to Windows Explorer to browse and run the psTools suite. Its also exposed via WebDav at: \\live.sysinternals.com@SSL\DavWWWRoot
  - vxNsr 6y ago
    > Enter https://live.sysinternals.com https://live.sysinternals.com in to Windows Explorer to browse and run the psTools suite. How do they do that? Edit: well I guess going there answers the question: it’s exposed via WebDAV

by vxNsr 6y ago

mcyoloswagham 6y ago

what do you mean by reconnect to my dock? Feel free to open an issue if you'd like and I'll try and to my best to implement it. edit: I think I understand, WinWM has a hotkey called refresh after you move windows you can use it to return all windows to the current layout.

rodrigodlu 6y ago
I think he is talking bout plugging or unplugging a new/different display. You can connect external displays to USB-C or Thunderbolt docks / hubs.
- mcyoloswagham 6y ago
  ah I see, I'll add that to the checklist
  - DoingIsLearning 6y ago
    Worth remembering that you can configure a machine to either mirror a display (I would expect the most common case) or extend the desktop (new display becomes display #2). It is also not uncommon to dock a laptop at a workstation with dual or triple monitors.

0xdba 6y ago

> One of the things that I’d love to see in this that fancy zones is missing is the ability of windows to remember where they should be after I reconnect to my dock. When I worked in an office, and had frequent meetings I had to take my laptop to, it irked me enough to come up with my own solution: https://github.com/nearwood/windmill https://github.com/nearwood/windmill

jmlucjav 6y ago
can you save different 'layouts' so you can load a different one in diff context?
- 0xdba 6y ago
  No. It's pretty bare-bones. Save before a disconnect, restore after re-connect. And it's hWnd based, so if the window handle ever changes it won't work. Also won't work for admin windows, unless run as an admin. But it worked well enough for me.
  - nickflood 6y ago
    Oh wow, the hwnd approach is an awesome idea! I suffer from a different issue - my monitor has a displayport and 2 hdmi inputs, and when you activate one of the hdmi inputs, the other sends a "monitor disconnected" signal to its host, which messes up the layout. It would be awesome to have an app that constantly remembers the layout, and once it detects a change in the number of monitors, or a resolution change, it stops doing it until the monitor returns, and it does, it restores windows to the saved places. Sounds easy enouch, and I'll probably create this app myself based on examples from your code.
    - 0xdba 6y ago
      I had wanted to do that, but when I created it I was using a proprietary ThinkPad dock and Windows 7, and I couldn't find an easy way to detect when connected/disconnected. Might be a way now with Win10 and Type-C docks.

NicoJuicy 6y ago

If you want to see some nice stuff: Powertoys ( https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/powertoys/ https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/powertoys/ ) Search Everything ( https://www.voidtools.com/ https://www.voidtools.com/ & it's toolbar https://github.com/stnkl/EverythingToolbar https://github.com/stnkl/EverythingToolbar - highly recommended ) Gif about search everything toolbar: https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/17520641/102723553-04d88f00-4309-11eb-834f-d20c1ce14a67.gif https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/17520641/102723553... PsTools - https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/downloads/pstools https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/downloads/psto... The tools included in the PsTools suite, which are downloadable as a package, are: PsExec - execute processes remotely, PsFile - shows files opened remotely, PsGetSid - display the SID of a computer or a user, PsInfo - list information about a system, PsPing - measure network performance, PsKill - kill processes by name or process ID, PsList - list detailed information about processes, PsLoggedOn - see who's logged on locally and via resource sharing (full source is included), PsLogList - dump event log records, PsPasswd - changes account passwords, PsService - view and control services, PsShutdown - shuts down and optionally reboots a computer, PsSuspend - suspends processes, PsUptime - shows you how long a system has been running since its last reboot (PsUptime's functionality has been incorporated into PsInfo)

nullify88 6y ago
Additional tips regarding psTools. Enter https://live.sysinternals.com https://live.sysinternals.com in to Windows Explorer to browse and run the psTools suite. Its also exposed via WebDav at: \\live.sysinternals.com@SSL\DavWWWRoot
- vxNsr 6y ago
  > Enter https://live.sysinternals.com https://live.sysinternals.com in to Windows Explorer to browse and run the psTools suite. How do they do that? Edit: well I guess going there answers the question: it’s exposed via WebDAV