How to get the Form.DesktopBounds from before the window was minimized or maximized

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I would like to save and restore the state of a WinForms Form, more specifically the DesktopBounds and the WindowState.

However, when the WindowState is not normal (i.e. minimized or maximized) then I would like to save the previous value of DesktopBounds, when the Form was still in a normal state.

Obviously, windows remembers this previous state somewhere, because clicking the maximize button twice restores the original position and size of the form. How do I read this original state?

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score 9 · Accepted Answer · answered Oct 27 '09 at 14:38

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Check RestoreBounds property.

answered Oct 27 '09 at 14:38

Josip Medved

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Thanks! I have added an annotation to the MSDN documentation of DesktopBounds, suggesting that they add a "see also" reference to RestoreBounds. – Wim Coenen Oct 27 '09 at 14:47

How to get the Form.DesktopBounds from before the window was minimized or maximized

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