Cannot resize finder window

[greenwrangler]

Hi all,

I was playing with the maximize button on a Finder window a few days ago and toggling it would yield a different size every time (guess I was amused by that). So it go into a state where the resize corner is out of reach always now. Clicking on the maximize button does not change the size at all and just remains there. I want to be able to resize Finder again. How do I do it? For reference, attached is the screenshot of my desktop with Finder window, so you can see what I mean. I am unable to find a way to get it to a stage where the full window can be shown and I can resize it.

Thanks.

 

[eb6]

relaunch the finder. Go to the apple in the top let of the screen > force quit > highlight finder and relaunch it. Should work.

 

[greenwrangler]

relaunch the finder. Go to the apple in the top let of the screen > force quit > highlight finder and relaunch it. Should work.

Hmmm.. Did not help. Still comes up with that long window. I have rebooted also but that also did not make a difference. There should be some other way to resize windows rather than just one corner?

 

[obesecat55]

In the Finder, go to the 'Window' menu and select 'Zoom'.

Does this work?

 

[MrSmith]

If you select Desktop on the left pane and press the green button doesn't that close up? Or am I, as usual, missing something? Out of interest, why does your home folder remind me of Guernica?

 

[greenwrangler]

In the Finder, go to the 'Window' menu and select 'Zoom'.

Does this work?

Does not help either. The window remains the same size and does not move at all or resize...

 

[greenwrangler]

If you select Desktop on the left pane and press the green button doesn't that close up? Or am I, as usual, missing something? Out of interest, why does your home folder remind me of Guernica?

No it does not. The green button is not zooming/maximizing/resizing/whatever its supposed to do at all for the Finder window. I believe there should be some other ways to be able to move/resize a window freely ala Gnome/KDE desktops.

Guernica the painting or the town? I know its cluttered and I need to sit down and straighten it out one day but that can wait.

Any other ideas anyone about the problem?

 

[fistful]

You could try trashing the Finder preference file. Home/Library/Preferences/com.apple.finder.plist

 

[siurpeeman]

i don't know if this will work, but try changing from column view to icon view. then try the green button again.

 

[greenwrangler]

You could try trashing the Finder preference file. Home/Library/Preferences/com.apple.finder.plist

I thought somehow this would work. But surprisingly after renaming the .plist file, it still came up with the same dimensions as before with the same problem. The only difference was that the toolbar seems to have gone back to the default set.

i don't know if this will work, but try changing from column view to icon view. then try the green button again.

No dice with this one either.

Strange stuff indeed. Maybe Apple should consider more size corners on their windows as well as possibility of right-click anywhere on the window frame and a pop-menu can have move/resize options. Thats how Gnome/KDE do it and can be lifesavers in situations like these.

 

[siurpeeman]

that's so odd. if you happen to have an external monitor, you could hook that up, drag the window to the other display and resize accordingly from the proper corner.

 

[Shadow]

What about hitting the button on the top right?

 

[VoidBoi]

You could try deleting the invisible .DS_Store file from your home folder.

Fire up terminal and run "rm ~/.DS_Store".

 

[greenwrangler]

You could try deleting the invisible .DS_Store file from your home folder.

Fire up terminal and run "rm ~/.DS_Store".

That worked! Thanks a ton VoidBoi

Had to relaunch Finder immediately after deleting the .DS_Store file otherwise the change did not take hold.

 

[neutralSurface]

I know this thread is pretty old, but for the benefit of others…

Go to System Preferences > Display. From there change the resolution of your screen, then change it back. This should take care of it.

 

[garyf789]

Thanks neutralSurface. This just worked for me. The finder window would "snap back" to a specific size even after trying all of the previous suggestions. But changing the screen resolution and then back again worked like a charm. Thanks!