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[akpud]

Thanks for all your help Diane - I give up too! This only started after I installed the latest Office update.

Anyway, I can surely live with it - and again - thanks for all your help!

AK

 

[Diane Ross]

Anyway, I can surely live with it.

Try this solution I ran across today.

Open the Terminal and paste in this:

defaults write com.apple.finder AppleShowAllFiles TRUE

killall Finder

This will show invisible files. Open the Office folder and you will see an
invisible file .DS_Store file in that folder.

Delete this file then resize the window.

To reset window size: Open a window, set it's size, position, and
preferences, then close it immediately. Reopening it now should retain size,
position, and preferences.

Now paste this in the Terminal to hide invisibles:

defaults write com.apple.finder AppleShowAllFiles FALSE

killall Finder

More on hidden files:
http://www.osxfaq.com/dailytips/02-2005/02-01.ws

Keeping my fingers crossed that it works.

 

[Diane Ross]

The .DS_Store file is an Apple-created and Apple-maintained file. In
fact, I'm pretty sure Apple keeps the exact format of these files a
secret from software developers such as Microsoft - so I don't think
Microsoft would have a very easy time adding data to them without
causing problems for Apple!

So I am pretty sure deleting the .DS_Store file will only affect
*Finder* window properties. It will not have an effect on Microsoft
Entourage windows.

It's worth a shot. You could always replace the file. What windows do you
think it's controlling? There are few things in this folder that opens in a
window.

I just wish we could customize all Entourage's windows. I hate that new
messages open in the top left corner.

 

[Diane Ross]

Same here; but I do advise against recommending that others delete their
.DS_Store files without explaining the ramifications and potential data

I got the info from this thread. They don't usually give out risky advice
without caution. I could have misinterpreted it though.
<http://forums.macosxhints.com/showthread.php?t=91397>

I admit this is not in my area of expertise so I'll agree with you and say
do so with caution.

 

[akpud]

Thanks for your input JR.

Even if Diane was correct, I must admit that I wouldn't have played with Terminal anyways.................. to chicken!

AK