User Guide

1. Getting Started

Installation

Run the PositionPro installer and follow the on-screen prompts. You can choose to have PositionPro start automatically with Windows during setup, or enable it later from the tray menu.

First Launch

When PositionPro starts, it sits quietly in your system tray (the small icons near the clock at the bottom-right of your screen). Look for the pink icon with four inward-pointing arrows.

A notification will appear confirming PositionPro is running.

From this point on, PositionPro is watching your open windows in the background. It tracks which applications are open, where they are on screen, and how big they are. It does all of this silently — you only need to interact with it when you want to save or change something.

2. The Tray Menu

Right-click the PositionPro tray icon to open the main menu. This is your control centre for everything PositionPro does. Here's what you'll see:

• Profiles — Switch between different window layouts, create new ones, or assign keyboard shortcuts.
• Snap Layouts — Quickly arrange your windows into preset layouts (side by side, stacked, columns, or quadrants).
• Save All Positions — Takes a snapshot of every open window's current position and size.
• Restore All Positions — Puts all your open windows back where they were last saved.
• Clear Saved Positions — Wipes all saved window positions from the current profile.
• Start with Windows (Profile) — Launch PositionPro at login and restore your startup profile.
• Start with Windows (Snap Layout) — Launch PositionPro at login and restore your last snap layout, including any exclusive lock.
• Auto Save to Profile — When turned on, window positions are saved automatically whenever a window closes.
• Settings... — Opens the settings window (you can also double-click the tray icon for this).
• Open Config Folder — Opens the folder where PositionPro stores its data files.
• Export Settings... / Import Settings... — Back up or restore all your profiles and settings.
• User Guide — Opens this page.
• Auto Update Check — Toggle automatic weekly update checks on or off.
• Check for Updates — Manually check if a newer version is available.
• Exit — Closes PositionPro.

3. Saving & Restoring Positions

This is what PositionPro is all about. Once your windows are arranged the way you like them, you can save those positions so they can be restored at any time.

Saving

There are two ways to save:

1. Right-click the tray icon and choose Save All Positions.
2. Press Ctrl + Alt + S from anywhere.

PositionPro will record the position, size, maximized state, and minimized state of every visible application window. A notification tells you how many windows were saved.

Restoring

When you want your windows back in their saved positions:

1. Right-click the tray icon and choose Restore All Positions.
2. Press Ctrl + Alt + R from anywhere.

Each open window that has a saved position will move back to where it was. If a window was saved as maximized, it'll be maximized again. Windows that were minimized when saved will be restored in a minimized state.

Automatic Restore

PositionPro also restores windows automatically. When you open an application that has a saved position, PositionPro will move it back to its saved spot without you doing anything.

4. Profiles

Profiles let you keep multiple window layouts and switch between them. For example, you might have one layout for general work, another for video editing, and a third for when you're working on a laptop without an external monitor.

The Default Profile

PositionPro starts with a single profile called Default. This is always there and can't be deleted. All your saved positions go into whichever profile is currently active.

Creating a New Profile

1. Right-click the tray icon and go to Profiles.
2. Click New Profile...
3. Enter a name (e.g. "Dual Monitor", "Laptop", "Editing").
4. Click OK.

The new profile becomes active straight away, and your current window positions are saved into it.

Switching Profiles

Open the Profiles menu and click the name of the profile you want. PositionPro will:

1. Switch to that profile.
2. Restore all windows that are already open to their saved positions.
3. Launch any applications that are in the profile but not currently running, then position them.

A tick mark shows which profile is currently active.

Profile Keyboard Shortcuts

You can assign a keyboard shortcut to any profile so you can switch instantly:

1. Go to Profiles → Assign Shortcuts.
2. Pick the profile you want to assign.
3. Choose a number from 1 to 9.

Now pressing Ctrl + Alt + 1 (or whichever number you chose) will switch to that profile instantly. The shortcut is shown next to the profile name in the menu.

Deleting a Profile

1. Go to Profiles → Delete Profile...
2. Select the profile from the list.
3. Confirm the deletion.

If you delete the profile you're currently using, PositionPro switches back to Default. The Default profile cannot be deleted.

5. Snap Layouts

Snap Layouts give you a quick way to tile your open windows into a neat arrangement on the current monitor. Rather than dragging and resizing everything by hand, pick a layout and PositionPro does the rest.

Choosing a Layout

Right-click the tray icon, go to Snap Layouts, and pick one:

Layout	What it does
Two Windows — Left/Right	Splits the screen in half vertically. One window on the left, one on the right.
Two Windows — Top/Bottom	Splits the screen in half horizontally. One window on top, one on the bottom.
Three Columns	Divides the screen into three equal columns, each taking up a third of the width.
Four Quadrants	Divides the screen into four equal quarters — a 2×2 grid.

PositionPro fills the layout slots with your currently open windows. The window you're using (the foreground window) gets the first slot.

Active Layout Indicator

When a snap layout is active, a tick mark appears next to it in the menu so you can see at a glance which layout you're using. While a snap layout is active, no profile will show a tick — they're separate modes.

Auto-filling New Windows

While a snap layout is active, any new window you open (or un-minimize) will automatically fill the next empty slot in the layout. So if you have a "Two Windows" layout with one slot free, opening a new app will drop it straight into the empty half.

Slot Memory

PositionPro remembers which application was in which slot. If you close a window and reopen the same application, it will return to the slot it was previously in rather than always going to the first available slot.

Swapping Windows

Select Swap Snap Windows from the Snap Layouts menu to reverse the order of all snapped windows. In a left/right layout, the left and right windows swap places.

Exclusive Window Slot

If you want a particular window to stay put while everything else opens in the other slot, you can make its slot exclusive. For example, you might keep Chrome locked to the right side of the screen so that every new app you open goes to the left.

1. Activate a snap layout and click the window you want to protect so it's in the foreground.
2. Open the Snap Layouts menu and choose Lock Window to Slot.

While a slot is locked, every new window you open or bring up from the taskbar will be directed to the other slot instead. The locked window keeps exclusive use of its space.

The menu item changes to show which slot is locked and which application is in it (e.g. "Unlock Right (chrome)"). Click it again to remove the lock.

Clearing the Layout

Click Clear Snap Layout to stop the snap. Windows stay where they are, but new windows will no longer auto-snap into slots. Clearing a snap also removes any exclusive lock. When you clear a snap, your profile's tick mark returns.

Persisting Snap Layouts Across Restarts

By default, snap layouts are session-only and are cleared when PositionPro closes. However, if you prefer to use snap layouts rather than profiles, you can make them persist across restarts.

Right-click the tray icon and tick Start with Windows (Snap Layout). When enabled, PositionPro saves your active snap layout and any exclusive lock when it exits, and restores them automatically on next launch. Any windows that are open at startup will be arranged into the saved layout.

6. Auto Save

When Auto Save to Profile is enabled (from the tray menu), PositionPro saves a window's position every time that window closes. This means the active profile is constantly kept up to date without you having to remember to save manually.

This is handy if you tend to close and reopen the same apps throughout the day. The next time you open them, they'll go right back where they were.

Toggle it on or off from the tray menu at any time. Your choice is remembered between sessions.

7. Monitor Profiles

If you use a laptop that you dock and undock, or if you switch between different monitor setups, this feature is for you. You can assign a profile to a specific monitor configuration, and PositionPro will switch to it automatically whenever it detects that setup.

How to Set It Up

1. Connect the monitors you want to associate with a profile (e.g. plug in your docking station).
2. Open Settings and go to the Monitor Profiles tab.
3. You'll see your current monitor count and a signature identifying the setup.
4. Select the profile you want from the dropdown.
5. Click Assign to Current Monitors.

From now on, whenever PositionPro detects that monitor configuration, it will automatically switch to the assigned profile and restore your windows.

8. Exclude List

Some applications you might not want PositionPro to manage. Perhaps a tool that moves itself, or something you always want to open fresh. The Exclude List lets you tell PositionPro to ignore specific apps.

Adding an App to the Exclude List

1. Open Settings and go to the Exclude List tab.
2. Click Add...
3. You'll see a list of currently running applications. Pick the one you want to exclude.
4. If the app isn't currently running, you can type its process name manually.

Removing an App from the Exclude List

1. In the Exclude List tab, select the app from the list.
2. Click Remove.

Excluded apps are removed from all profiles and will not be tracked, saved, or restored until you remove them from the exclude list.

9. Settings Window

Open Settings by right-clicking the tray icon and choosing Settings..., or by double-clicking the tray icon. The window has four tabs:

Saved Positions

Shows all the window positions stored in each profile. Use the dropdown at the top to switch between profiles. Each entry shows the application name, its saved position and size, whether it was maximized, and when it was last seen.

To remove an individual entry, select it and click Remove from Profile.

Exclude List

Manage which applications PositionPro should ignore. See section 8 above for details.

Monitor Profiles

Assign profiles to monitor configurations for automatic switching. See section 7 above for details.

About

Shows the current version, a link to the PositionPro website, a warranty disclaimer, and a link to the End-User License Agreement.

10. Import & Export

You can back up all your PositionPro settings — including every profile, saved position, excluded apps, monitor assignments, and shortcuts — into a single file.

Exporting

1. Right-click the tray icon and choose Export Settings...
2. Pick a location and filename. The default filename includes a timestamp for easy identification. The file will have a .ppro extension.
3. Click Save.

Importing

1. Right-click the tray icon and choose Import Settings...
2. Select a .ppro file.
3. Confirm the import. This replaces all current settings and profiles.

11. Start with Windows

PositionPro offers two ways to launch at startup, depending on how you prefer to work:

• Start with Windows (Profile) — Launches PositionPro and restores your chosen startup profile, opening any saved applications and putting them back in their saved positions.
• Start with Windows (Snap Layout) — Launches PositionPro and re-applies the snap layout you were using when you last closed the app, including any exclusive window lock.

Only one mode can be active at a time. Ticking one automatically unticks the other. Clicking the currently active option disables startup entirely.

You can also enable startup during installation. Either way, you can change or disable it from the tray menu at any time.

12. Checking for Updates

PositionPro checks for updates automatically in the background once a week. If an update is available, a dialog will appear asking if you would like to download and install it — your settings and profiles are preserved.

You can also check manually at any time by right-clicking the tray icon and choosing Check for Updates.

If you prefer not to have automatic update checks, you can disable them by right-clicking the tray icon and unticking Auto Update Check. You can still check for updates manually whenever you like.

13. Keyboard Shortcuts Reference

Shortcut	Action
Ctrl + Alt + S	Save all current window positions to the active profile
Ctrl + Alt + R	Restore all windows to their saved positions
Ctrl + Alt + 1 to 9	Switch to the profile assigned to that number (both number row and numpad work)

Profile shortcuts are assigned through Profiles → Assign Shortcuts in the tray menu.