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Two months ago cardif5 asked me in forum whether is there some way to make Microsoft Hearts window bigger by modifying the registry. If you run Hearts, you’ll notice that the window cannot be resized. Even the maximize button on top right is blurred out. Seems like the program has a fixed width and height. I tried to look for a solution and couldn’t find any registry hack to maximize the window and I gave up.

While I was surfing the Internet, I found TWO pretty interesting tool that attempts to let you resize an unresiable window. I tried resizing Microsoft Hearts and it worked! With this tool, I nowadays try to avoid scaling screenshots because everything becomes smaller and you can hardly see the text or button on the image. If the image is slightly wider than 513px, I will just resize the program window instead of scaling the image. This gives you a clearer picture than the blurry reduces sized image.


The first one that I found is called ResizeEnable. It is programmed by the same developer who made SplashKiller. It’s a very ugly system hack that sits in your system tray and attempts to make windows that can’t usually be resized, resizeable.

It is very easy to use ResizeEnable. Simply download, extract and run ResizeEnableRunner.exe. Find a window that you could never resize and move the cursor over the edge of the window. Hopefully the pointer will change to one that shows you can resize the window.

Click-drag the window to a new size and release the mouse button. (See how small Microsoft Hearts became!)

[ Download ResizeEnable ]

The second one I found that can also resize unresizable window plus many other feature is called AltMove. It adds more functionality to your mouse for interacting with windows.

The moving – You can move windows and controls which do not support this ability.
The resizing – You can resize windows and controls which do not support this ability.
The hiding and restoring – You can hide any window from desktop (to tray bar or completely) and restore it.
The opaque – You can change opaque of window.
The document work – You can assign key-mouse combination to standard menu items of different programs.
Start your programs – Use mouse to run your programs and open documents from everywhere.

Not all actions are added by default. You can go to Actions > New or hit CTRL+N simultaneously to add a new action. Never thought that resizing unresizable window was possible but it is now. Have fun resizing unresizable windows! By the way, I once had a tool that lets you click on button that is blurred out but I lost it and forgotten the name. If you have it or know where I can find it, please share it with me.

[ Download AltMove ]