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Questions tagged [resizing]

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iTerm 2 window resizing

My iTerm 2 window is up against the menubar at the top of the screen. When I resize the window vertically from the top to the bottom, a small gap is always left. It never resizes down fully to the bottom. I think this is because it is only resizing…
jordelver
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Use ALT to move windows in Windows like in Linux

In most Linux window managers, one can use the Alt key while clicking and dragging to rearrange windows. This is one of my favorite features of Linux window managers. Is there a way to do this in Windows 7?
Corey D
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Will zero filling increase the size of virtualbox dynamic disk image

I have been mostly using fixed-sized disk images for Oracle virtualbox, but I am considering switching to dynamic disk images as I heard that dynamic images are similar in performance to fixed-size images except when expanding. One operation I do a…
tinlyx
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Truncate empy space from a raw dd image

I have a raw disk image I took using dd of a Ubuntu instance. The total disk size is 300 GB, but only 5.5 GB used. Is there a way to resize the raw dd image down to 20 GB, keeping all of the 5.5 GB of data, and just truncating empty blocks?
Justin
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How can I resize an NTFS partition when there are bad sectors?

I want to extend a partition, but in between the partition and the un-allocated space, there is a large NTFS partition in which Windows is installed. When I use GParted to try and move the NTFS partition to the end, it gives me an error saying that…
Haedrian
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Recursively resize images from one directory tree to another?

I have a large complex directory tree full of JPG images. I would like to create a second directory tree that exactly mirrors the first, but resizing all the images down to a set size (say 2000x1500 or something) and quality (perhaps 85%). Is there…
davr
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Can't shrink a data partition on a Windows 8 computer

My computer is running Windows 8 X64 Enterprise. I have two partitions, C (System) and D (Data). Both are bitlocked. I would like to shrink my D partition (in order to create a new one). Using the disk management snapin, I select the shrink option.…
Steve B
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Windows 10 Resizes and Moves Windows when Computer Wakes

When I wake my computer up my windows resize to a smaller form and they also seem to move the upper left hand corner of the screen. There is an answer to this question on answers.microsoft.com but it's for Windows 7 and it's unclear what the values…
CasualKyle
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Disable window vertical stretch (and only that)

There's an annoying feature in windows 8 that when you resize a window and try to stretch the bottom of it to the bottom of the desktop, it automatically stretches the top to the top as well. Is there a way to turn this off? But I don't wanna lose…
laggingreflex
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Restricting table cell resizing in Word

Is it possible to restrict users from resizing the cells of a table in protected documents in MS Word 2010? I want to restrict them from making any changes to the layout of the table (or, at least, to restrict them from changing the width of…
Mihai Todor
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How to prevent windows from being resized?

Adobe Audition is really stupid in that when you change the size of the window, and then change it back to the original size, all the frame positions are lost and you have to tediously reposition them by hand. I'd like to make it completely…
endolith
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Increase the LXD/LXC Btrfs loop file storage pool size

Our production container crashed because its LXC storage pool is out of space. Here is dh -h from inside the container: Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on /dev/loop0 82G 78G 2.0G 98% / Here the same mount from the host…
exebook
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Is there any quality loss when using a place command in Photoshop

I am using “Place” command in Photoshop to import .ai file. Is there any quality loss after using this steps: Save file in Illustrator at some default size—i.e 400x400px—using .ai extension or any other vector image format, Import file in Photoshop…
Whirlwind
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How to tell Outlook not to auto resize the columns of a table

I'm having a very frustrating experience with MS-Outlook, while creating a table inside an e-mail: I have some text, separated by pipe characters, and I've chosen the "Convert text to table" feature to turn that text into a table. MS-Outlook does…
Dominique
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If you have pinned applications, can the Start Menu be made less wide than the width of the application list and three medium sized icons?

On Windows 10, I have the list of application in my Start Menu. Next to that list, I have a 1 column wide and 8 rows long list of pinned applications. All of my icons are Small size. Despite this, my Start Menu refused to be resized to be less wide.…
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