Fix Desktop Shortcuts on small display devices running Windows 8.1

BobScott

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This is way off topic but it may make someone's life easier. I have a HP 7 Stream with Windows 8.1 and it has to me a very annoying working such that it ignores all Desktop Shortcuts that are set to open in "Normal window" and instead opens them "Maximized". I was so ticked at this that a friend and I wrote a simple program to pretty much make the Desktop Shortcuts act normally. This was done by Microsoft to only small display units with little memory specifically

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/2984430 says:

You have a device that is running Windows 8.1 that meets the following criteria:
The Windows 8.1 Update (KB2919355) is installed.
The device has a screen size of less than 10 inches.
The device has 1 gigabyte (GB) of memory or less.
If any of you would be interested in the program it can be obtained at

https://app.box.com/s/v24x491dpmqkqur4getd8e86xcdpt8cg
 
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