Change in folder arrangement and Window size and placement [SOLVED]

[warobison]

Absolute Beginner: A day or so ago, my opening screen changed so that the home, computer, and other folders line up horizontally across the top of the screen rather than vertically along the left side. Additionally, when any window is opened, it opens full screen across the top rather than smaller in the center of the screen. I cannot recall anything that I did to cause the change; also, I do not know if it happened after any update. Thanks for any help.

[spamegg]

Hello warobison welcome to the Forum.
Please share your system info by going to:
→→→→ Menu/System Reports/System Information/click "Copy"
and pasting it here.
(Equivalently, you can use the command inxi -Fxxxmprz on the Terminal.)

[mikeflan]

Right click an empty space on the desktop and select Customize. Under Layout Direction select Vertical.

[motoryzen]

Additionally, when any window is opened, it opens full screen across the top rather than smaller in the center of the screen

Well since you haven't provided any system details. We're stuck on a guessing game to keep our recommendations coherent enough.

spamegg explained the gui way to follow the Forum Rules of step 5 on " how to get help

If you're using Mint Cinnamon like I am...

main cinnamon menu > " windows " without quotes > " Behavior" button/tab up top, The section of " moving and resizing windows" .. The first one just under that title " Location of newly opened windows " set it to " centered"

[warobison]

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System:
  Kernel: 5.15.0-56-generic x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 11.3.0 Desktop: Cinnamon 5.4.12
    tk: GTK 3.24.33 wm: Mutter dm: LightDM Distro: Linux Mint 21 Vanessa base: Ubuntu 22.04 jammy
Machine:
  Type: Laptop System: GOOGLE product: Relm v: 1.0 serial: <superuser required> Chassis: type: 9
    serial: <superuser required>
  Mobo: GOOGLE model: Relm v: 1.0 serial: <superuser required> UEFI: coreboot
    v: MrChromebox-4.17.2 date: 07/18/2022
Battery:
  ID-1: BAT0 charge: 42.2 Wh (100.0%) condition: 42.2/45.0 Wh (93.9%) volts: 12.3 min: 11.1
    model: LGC AP16J8K serial: <filter> status: Charging
CPU:
  Info: dual core model: Intel Celeron N3060 bits: 64 type: MCP arch: Airmont rev: 4 cache:
    L1: 112 KiB L2: 2 MiB
  Speed (MHz): avg: 1755 high: 2480 min/max: 480/2480 cores: 1: 1031 2: 2480 bogomips: 6400
  Flags: ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx
Graphics:
  Device-1: Intel Atom/Celeron/Pentium Processor x5-E8000/J3xxx/N3xxx Integrated Graphics
    driver: i915 v: kernel ports: active: eDP-1 empty: DP-1, DP-2, HDMI-A-1, HDMI-A-2
    bus-ID: 00:02.0 chip-ID: 8086:22b1
  Device-2: Quanta Chromebook HD Camera type: USB driver: uvcvideo bus-ID: 1-4:3
    chip-ID: 0408:2010
  Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 1.21.1.3 driver: X: loaded: modesetting unloaded: fbdev,vesa
    gpu: i915 display-ID: :0 screens: 1
  Screen-1: 0 s-res: 1366x768 s-dpi: 96
  Monitor-1: eDP-1 model: AU Optronics res: 1366x768 dpi: 136 diag: 294mm (11.6")
  OpenGL: renderer: Mesa Intel HD Graphics 400 (BSW) v: 4.6 Mesa 22.0.5 compat-v: 3.1
    direct render: Yes
Audio:
  Device-1: Intel Atom/Celeron/Pentium Processor x5-E8000/J3xxx/N3xxx Series High Definition Audio
    driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus-ID: 00:1b.0 chip-ID: 8086:2284
  Sound Server-1: ALSA v: k5.15.0-56-generic running: yes
  Sound Server-2: PulseAudio v: 15.99.1 running: yes
  Sound Server-3: PipeWire v: 0.3.48 running: yes
Network:
  Device-1: Intel Wireless 7265 driver: iwlwifi v: kernel pcie: speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1
    bus-ID: 02:00.0 chip-ID: 8086:095a
  IF: wlp2s0 state: up mac: <filter>
Bluetooth:
  Device-1: Intel Bluetooth wireless interface type: USB driver: btusb v: 0.8 bus-ID: 1-5:4
    chip-ID: 8087:0a2a
  Report: hciconfig ID: hci0 rfk-id: 0 state: up address: <filter> bt-v: 2.1 lmp-v: 4.2
    sub-v: 1100
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 29.12 GiB used: 25 GiB (85.8%)
  ID-1: /dev/mmcblk0 vendor: SK Hynix model: HBG4e size: 29.12 GiB serial: <filter>
Partition:
  ID-1: / size: 28.01 GiB used: 24.99 GiB (89.2%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/mmcblk0p2
  ID-2: /boot/efi size: 511 MiB used: 5.2 MiB (1.0%) fs: vfat dev: /dev/mmcblk0p1
Swap:
  ID-1: swap-1 type: file size: 1.33 GiB used: 1024 KiB (0.1%) priority: -2 file: /swapfile
USB:
  Hub-1: 1-0:1 info: Hi-speed hub with single TT ports: 7 rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s
    chip-ID: 1d6b:0002
  Device-1: 1-3:2 info: Logitech Optical Wheel Mouse type: Mouse driver: hid-generic,usbhid
    rev: 2.0 speed: 1.5 Mb/s chip-ID: 046d:c016
  Device-2: 1-4:3 info: Quanta Chromebook HD Camera type: Video driver: uvcvideo rev: 2.0
    speed: 480 Mb/s chip-ID: 0408:2010
  Device-3: 1-5:4 info: Intel Bluetooth wireless interface type: Bluetooth driver: btusb
    rev: 2.0 speed: 12 Mb/s chip-ID: 8087:0a2a
  Hub-2: 2-0:1 info: Super-speed hub ports: 6 rev: 3.0 speed: 5 Gb/s chip-ID: 1d6b:0003
Sensors:
  System Temperatures: cpu: 43.0 C mobo: N/A
  Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A
Repos:
  Packages: apt: 2203
  No active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/official-package-repositories.list
    1: deb http: //packages.linuxmint.com vanessa main upstream import backport
    2: deb http: //archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy main restricted universe multiverse
    3: deb http: //archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy-updates main restricted universe multiverse
    4: deb http: //archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy-backports main restricted universe multiverse
    5: deb http: //security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ jammy-security main restricted universe multiverse
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/spotify.list
    1: deb http: //repository.spotify.com stable non-free
Info:
  Processes: 212 Uptime: 20h 3m Memory: 3.78 GiB used: 1.79 GiB (47.5%) Init: systemd v: 249
  runlevel: 5 Compilers: gcc: 11.3.0 alt: 11 Client: Unknown python3.10 client inxi: 3.3.13

[warobison]

Right click an empty space on the desktop and select Customize. Under Layout Direction select Vertical.

Thanks so much. I also learned to resize the windows. Now, I can only wonder what I might have done to have it change in the first place.

WAR

[motoryzen]

Now, I can only wonder what I might have done to have it change in the first place

warobison- don't sweat it. You'll have a few more of those moments. It's just a part of the "learning how Linux works" world and a natural part of life too. Cheers