How to Fix “Copy Items” & “Move Items” Dialog Box Cut-Off Problem?

Today we are sharing solution of a very common and annoying problem in Windows. Many times when you select "Copy to folder" or "Move to folder" command from Edit menu or by right-click on a file/folder, the "Copy Items" or "Move Items" dialog box is not displayed properly on the screen. It opens partially off the screen and you need to drag the dialog box up to show it properly.

As you can see in above screenshot, the dialog box is not showing properly.

Actually it happens when you resize the dialog box and its registry setting gets corrupted. The problem can be fixed easily using a simple registry trick as mentioned below:

1. Type regedit in RUN or Startmenu Searchbox and press Enter. It'll open Registry Editor.

2. Now go to following key:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer

3. In right-side pane, you'll see following 2 DWORD values:

Browse For Folder Height
Browse For Folder Width

4. Delete both DWORD values and exit Registry Editor.

5. That's it. Now "Copy Items" and "Move Items" dialog box will be shown properly on screen in their default size.

PS: If you want a ready-made registry script to fix the problem automatically, download following ZIP file, extract it and run the .REG file. It'll ask for confirmation, accept it:

Download Link

This article was posted in Troubleshooting, Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows XP.

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6 Comments

saumil

hi vishal.

very good & useful post.

rgds
saumil
Kevin

This is a very helpful article because, even though I have never used that function before, I know a friend that does.
Thanks VG!!
Ashok Hallan

I m not getting "Copy To" & "Move To" right menu context commands. I have to use cut,copy,paste both in my xp & vista notebooks.Suggest solution.
VG

^^ You can manually add it using registry script. Run the registry code given in Step1 in following topics for XP and Vista:

http://www.askvg.com/master-tutorial-to-make-your-windows-xp-super-fast/
http://www.askvg.com/master-tutorial-to-make-your-windows-vista-super-fast/
Ashok Hallan

Thanks Vishal. Here is another free program Reg Toy to tweak all kinds of things like adding copy & move to commands. It is a complete bundle with many tools & utilities (more than 30) to optimize ur computer. Download from http://k-n.co.cc/ and its author Ky Nam can be contacted at trankynam@gmail.com It is wonderful.
Decent_King

This is a very Great article
Very nice
keep it up