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Visual Studio 2008, Multiple Monitors, "find" window placement problem


(another post here reminded me of this annoyance! this is not a dup!)

I use VS2008 with multiple monitors. I have VS open on one and the app I'm debugging, reference pages, etc.. on the other.

The problem is when I open a find window (Ctrl-F or click on the "Find in Files" icon) the window opens smack-dab in the middle of the two screens: half on one, half on the other. Every time. It's fairly useless in that position, so then I have to drag it somewhere else. How do I convince Visual Studio to put the window on one screen, or the other?

I don't care which, just not split across both.

followup

  1. Moving the window doesn't help. The position isn't remembered
  2. And yes, it happens every single time.

Solution

  • For Visual Studio 2010, there is now a patch that takes care of this and other problems with the find window's size and placement:

    VS10-KB2268081-x86

    http://code.msdn.microsoft.com/KB2268081/Release/ProjectReleases.aspx?ReleaseId=4766

    The patch says it will fix the size issue, but it seems to take care of the placement problem too.