Simplified/Modified on July 16, 2004:
EVERY DAY when I use Windows Explorer, I have a Hot Key macro (Ctrl-Alt E) that brings up TWO Explorer Windows at the same time [via two Macro Runs) and resizes the Windows Explorer window to the right side of the computer screen (Ctrl-Alt-R), and the other Macro Run resizes the Windows Explorer window to the left side of the computer screen (Ctrl-Alt-L).
For me, this is MUCH SUPERIOR TO using the {Windows Key + E} [i.e. holding down Windows Key at the same time you press the letter “E” on the keyboard]. That only brings up ONE Explorer windows.
The last two mentioned macros (Ctrl-Alt-R) (Ctrl-Alt-L) actually RESIZE the CURRENT WINDOW TO THE LEFT OR TO THE RIGHT OF THE COMPUTER SCREEN, which I use frequently during the day.
To continue, I also have three other related macros that resizes to the bottom(Ctrl-Alt- B ) and top(Ctrl-Alt-T), and "FullScreen"(Ctrl-Alt-Z). So, for example, I would use (Ctrl-Alt- B )and (Ctrl-Alt-T) to resize the CURRENT WINDOW respectively to the bottom and top of the screen, etc. INSTANTLY!!!!
I often resize APPLICATIONS, such as spreadsheets, word processing applications.. So I also use these resizing Hot Keys macros for copying from one application (say a cell from a spreadsheet,) and pasting into another application (e-mail, or word processor). Or I use the top resized window to read or copy a serial number into the bottom resized window etc.
My productivity is much greater because of this simple INSTANTLY PERFECT resizing.
When I am on someone else's computer, who does not have these resizing macros, I find my productivity is down, and my frustration is up.
If you get into my macros, you will see these simple macros keep repeating [sometimes] commands, but they have been working for 6 years without fail on all my computers - Windows 98, Windows XP etc.- whether the computer is slow or fast that day. The macros work flawlessly for me.
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In a later post (July 16, 2004) below, as requested by Joe Weinpert, I have attached the macros that you can import and play. I suggest using the Hot Key (Ctrl-Alt-E) that launches the 2 Explorer Windows AND brings up the two macros that resizes the two CURRENT windows, [which just happen to be the 2 Windows Explorers] to the left side and to the right side of the computer screen:
You might need to change the Window Resize such as:
Window Resize: %T1% - (Width: 635, Height: 980)
to adjust for your own computer screen size.