R – Visual Studio 2008, Multiple Monitors, “find” window placement problem

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(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.

Best Answer

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.

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