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Created February 10, 2023 17:13
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Make Win10/Win11 window borders a bit easier to resize. Key is from https://superuser.com/a/1767917/31557
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set-win-resize-border-100.ps1
# reg key is from https://superuser.com/a/1767917/31557
$BorderWidthValue = -100
#$BorderWidthValue = -200 # uncomment this to make them really wide, @yzorg likes -100 so kept that default
# make a backup of current value
pushd ~\Documents
reg export 'HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop\WindowMetrics' .\registry-WindowMetrics-old.reg
pushd ('HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop' -replace 'HKEY_CURRENT_USER','HKCU:')
Set-ItemProperty .\WindowMetrics\ -Name BorderWidth -Value $BorderWidthValue
# change current directory back to main drive
popd
# save a copy of new value, little easier to change back-and-forth if switching or trying different values
reg export 'HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop\WindowMetrics' .\registry-WindowMetrics-new.reg
# go back to whatever directory you were using before you started this script/snippet
popd
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