19 Replies Latest reply on Apr 11, 2018 2:23 PM by Dabatross

Windows always open up in the top left of the screen

Dabatross Jan 3, 2018 12:39 PM

For some reason in Photoshop whenever I use the Open command, Save command, anything that opens up a new window, it will open up in the top left corner of the screen. I have moved the window into the middle of the screen over and over again and yet when I reopen photoshop it will always default to the top left again. It's really annoying and I'm not sure how to fix it. I attached a screenshot of what I'm talking about

As you can see in the image, the new window locks to the top left and no matter how many times I move it to a different location it always ends up back there again when opening a new window. Any idea on how to fix this?

1. Re: Windows always open up in the top left of the screen

Neox99 Jan 3, 2018 2:01 PM (in response to Dabatross)

My suspicion is that it's a Windows setting about how new windows are to open.
Take a look in Control Panel | Files and Folders
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2. Re: Windows always open up in the top left of the screen

alexg27387587 Mar 1, 2018 8:35 AM (in response to Neox99)

I looked into that and didn't fix the problem, this has to be a bug with photoshop. Is there any way to fix this?
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3. Re: Windows always open up in the top left of the screen

D Fosse Mar 1, 2018 11:23 AM (in response to alexg27387587)

Open and Save are operating system dialogs.

I just checked, and here they consistently open wherever they were last closed, and they do so in all Adobe applications including Photoshop.

So no Photoshop bug.
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alexg27387587 Mar 1, 2018 11:25 AM (in response to D Fosse)

Try closing photoshop and do it again
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D Fosse Mar 1, 2018 11:34 AM (in response to alexg27387587)

Just did. Still opens wherever last closed, which in this case was bottom right.
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Dabatross Mar 1, 2018 11:37 AM (in response to D Fosse)

I have no idea why this keeps happening for me then, it keeps going back to
the top left when I drag it to the middle where i want it
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D Fosse Mar 1, 2018 11:45 AM (in response to Dabatross)

This is Windows, that's where you need to look. Not Photoshop.
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alexg27387587 Mar 1, 2018 11:48 AM (in response to D Fosse)

The reason Im looking at photoshop because its literally the only app I use that does this. Every other app on windows saves the settings where I put my windows, photoshop doesn't
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D Fosse Mar 1, 2018 11:50 AM (in response to alexg27387587)

Try to right-click and "Run As Administrator" next time you open Photoshop.
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alexg27387587 Mar 1, 2018 11:57 AM (in response to D Fosse)

Ok its working right now, if it starts happening again Im going to try catch what I did so I can post here. It's keeping the position of where I put the window right now but I could see it defaulting back to top left again
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alexg27387587 Mar 1, 2018 12:42 PM (in response to D Fosse)

Ok it just happened when I went to save as and the dialog popped up in the top left corner again
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alexg27387587 Apr 6, 2018 9:09 AM (in response to alexg27387587)

Ive been running photoshop in administrator for a while now and it started doing the top left snapping again for open windows. Any ideas on why its happening? I still dont think its windows because it doesn't happen in any other program
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13. Re: Windows always open up in the top left of the screen

D Fosse Apr 6, 2018 9:25 AM (in response to alexg27387587)

Reset Photoshop's preferences file. That restores the application to brand-new factory state.

If that fixes it, I agree it's Photoshop (but it doesn't happen on either of my two systems).
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alexg27387587 Apr 6, 2018 9:27 AM (in response to D Fosse)

So when you open photoshop and hit control + O, the open dialog opens in the center of the screen and not the top left? I've tried resetting photoshop preferences in the past as well and didn't fix it. What machines are you running?
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D Fosse Apr 6, 2018 10:36 AM (in response to alexg27387587)

It happens just as I described in posts # 3 and 5 - it opens wherever I last closed it. One i7 running Win 10 pro, another i7 running Win 7 pro.

As I said, the open dialog is an operating system dialog. It comes up because Photoshop requests it from the operating system.
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alexg27387587 Apr 6, 2018 11:23 AM (in response to D Fosse)

i need to figure out how my setup is different than yours then with windows, i dont have any ideas right now on what i could have changed that would cause this to happen and it happens on my computer at home as well as work
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17. Re: Windows always open up in the top left of the screen

Dabatross Apr 11, 2018 1:32 PM (in response to alexg27387587)

finally found out why its locking to the top left. there is a bug with save for web that makes the window do this after you use that command. I opened up photoshop, window was in the top left. I moved it to the center and then opened a bunch of files. things were working fine and the window stayed where I put it. Then I tried save for web, and immediately the window locked to the top left again, so this is a photoshop bug
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D Fosse Apr 11, 2018 2:22 PM (in response to Dabatross)

Huh. You're absolutely right. Save For Web does just that.
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Dabatross Apr 11, 2018 2:23 PM (in response to D Fosse)

i dont know what happened to the old bug report system, does that exist anymore?
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