How to 'force' Thunderbird to open 'secondary windows' on main monitor?

Herb@UK

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Jan 27, 2014, 2:56:33 AM1/27/14

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Not sure whether this is a Windows issue or a Thunderbird issue :-\

My main workstation is a PC with two monitors. After a long period of
'good behaviour', Thunderbird started 'misbehaving' again in the sense
that it opens 'secondary windows' (i.e. the composition windows that
open when one writes, replies to or forward messages) on my secondary
monitor.

How can I 'force' Thunderbird to open these windows on main monitor,
without having to use an application such as Actual Window Manager?

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Herbert Eppel
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Swifty

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Jan 27, 2014, 3:45:50 AM1/27/14

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On 27/01/2014 07:56, Herb@UK wrote:
> How can I 'force' Thunderbird to open these windows on main monitor

1 Open a reply
2 Move/Size it where you like it
3 Close it

This is being typed on my secondary display, where I like it.

Herb@UK

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Jan 27, 2014, 6:50:03 AM1/27/14

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Thanks, I know how to move windows around, but I want TB to remember my
preference, so that I don't have to keep moving windows manually.

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Herb@UK

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Jan 28, 2014, 10:34:17 AM1/28/14

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No further offers?

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Lance

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Jan 28, 2014, 11:49:45 AM1/28/14

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Swifty's method works for me. Just tested it out just to make sure.

Lance
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Swifty

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Feb 1, 2014, 3:28:36 AM2/1/14

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On 27/01/2014 11:50, Herb@UK wrote:
> I know how to move windows around, but I want TB to remember my
> preference, so that I don't have to keep moving windows manually.

Perhaps I should have said "subsequent windows open in the new place".
(and size)

Maybe they don't in your case, in which case, I was the one that got lucky!

Swifty

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Feb 1, 2014, 3:33:10 AM2/1/14

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On 28/01/2014 16:49, Lance wrote:
> Swifty's method works for me. Just tested it out just to make sure.

I wonder if this depends on OS? I'm using Windows 7 Ultimate x64.

Windows 7 (for me) is XP with a lot of new features (i.e you can right
click, create folder, in every place where this makes sense) and also a
lot if irritations fixes (perhaps window position/size).

Ken Whiton

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Feb 1, 2014, 3:59:47 AM2/1/14

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*-* On Sat, 01 Feb 2014, at 08:33:10 +0000,
*-* In Article <b92dnWIiGJHVLHHP...@mozilla.org>,
*-* Swifty wrote
*-* About Re: How to 'force' Thunderbird to open 'secondary windows'
on main monitor?

> On 28/01/2014 16:49, Lance wrote:
>> Swifty's method works for me. Just tested it out just to make sure.

> I wonder if this depends on OS? I'm using Windows 7 Ultimate x64.

I doubt it. You, Lance, and Herb are all using

User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; rv:24.0)
Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/24.2.0

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Herb@UK

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Feb 5, 2014, 5:37:42 AM2/5/14

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On 01.02.2014 08:59 UK Time, Ken Whiton wrote:
> *-* On Sat, 01 Feb 2014, at 08:33:10 +0000,
> *-* In Article <b92dnWIiGJHVLHHP...@mozilla.org>,
> *-* Swifty wrote
> *-* About Re: How to 'force' Thunderbird to open 'secondary windows' on
> main monitor?
>
>> On 28/01/2014 16:49, Lance wrote:
>>> Swifty's method works for me. Just tested it out just to make sure.
>
>> I wonder if this depends on OS? I'm using Windows 7 Ultimate x64.
>
> I doubt it. You, Lance, and Herb are all using
>
> User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; rv:24.0) Gecko/20100101
> Thunderbird/24.2.0
>
> Ken Whiton

Yes, thanks (TB 24.3.0 now).

Interestingly, TB appears to 'behave' as expected with my newsgroup
profile, but it is still 'misbehaving' with my main TB profile (i.e. new
windows still keep opening on my secondary monitor).

Is there an associated profile/config setting I could try?

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Herbert Eppel
www.HETranslation.co.uk