Remember where windows go

Remember a position for one application. MaxTo moves its new windows there for you, and puts strays back when you recall them.

Takes 5 minutesYou need MaxTo 3.1, any monitorSteps 5

You'll end up with

MaxTo remembering where Notepad windows belong — every new Notepad window moved there automatically, the moment it opens, and any window that wandered off put back with one click.

In Snap your first window you moved a window once. This time you’ll teach MaxTo where an application belongs. We’ll use Notepad, because everyone has it and it’s easy to open fresh windows — any application works the same way.

Open the resize overlay

Open Notepad, then press Win + Alt + Space.

Check. The grid window opens over Notepad's monitor. If it didn't, click the Notepad window first so it has focus, and press the shortcut again.

Hold Shift and drag

Hold Shift, then drag across the grid to outline where Notepad windows should live — the left two-thirds of the screen, say.

The resize overlay during a Shift+drag: the selected cells and the remember banner are highlighted in orange, and the selected region is previewed on the screen behind.

Check. While Shift is down, the selection turns orange and a banner reads "Selection will be remembered for this window". Orange is MaxTo telling you this drag does more than a normal snap.

Release to remember

Release the mouse, then release Shift. Two things happen at once: the window snaps to the region you drew, and MaxTo remembers that position for Notepad.

Confirmation toast saying that Notepad windows will be moved here automatically, with an Undo button.

Check. A toast confirms it — "Notepad windows will be moved here automatically" — with an Undo button in case you didn't mean it. Leave it alone; we want the remembered position.

Watch MaxTo move it

Close the Notepad window you just placed. Then open Notepad again.

Check. The new window doesn't appear wherever Notepad felt like putting it — MaxTo moves it straight to the remembered position. It does this exactly once, when the window first appears; if you drag it somewhere else afterwards, it stays where you put it.

Recall it

Drag the Notepad window somewhere else, as if it had wandered off. Then right-click the MaxTo icon in the notification area and choose Recall all windows.

Check. Notepad goes straight back to its remembered position. Every other window with a remembered position does the same. That's a recall: the remembered position applied when you ask for it, not just when a window opens.

Recall all windows and its single-window sibling, Recall window, can also have keyboard shortcuts. They have none by default; Customize your hotkeys shows how to set them.

Orange means remember, green means preset The sibling gesture — holding Ctrl — saves a preset instead and tints the selection green. The colors always show what releasing the mouse will do.

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How-to guide Remember where windows belong Explanation How remembering works