Reset lost maya windows (script)

shane · September 2, 2014, 4:49am

Hi,

I was running into an issue that resulted in “lost” maya windows when I left it on a second screen that was no longer connected. I wrote a script to reset the default window locations, based on the windowsprefs file that comes with maya. If anyone is interested, here is the script:

github.com

shanemarks/ResetMayaWindows/blob/master/reset_maya_windows.py

"""
Description: Resets maya windows to default location, handy if windows are lost when switching from screen to single screens.

Usage: Copy into maya script window and hit run. Alternatively, middle-click and drag the selected script to the shelf in order to create a shortcut icon
"""
__author__ = "Shane Marks"

import maya.cmds as cmds
windows = cmds.lsUI (windows = True)
for window in windows:
    if window != "CommandWindow" and window != "ConsoleWindow" and window != "MayaWindow" and window != "ColorEditor":
        cmds.deleteUI(window)

cmds.windowPref("outlinerPanel1Window", topLeftCorner = (250,200), widthHeight = (700,400), maximized = False, parentMain = True) 

cmds.windowPref("hyperGraphPanel1Window", topLeftCorner = (250,200), widthHeight = (660,400), maximized = False, parentMain = True) 

cmds.windowPref("graphEditor1Window", topLeftCorner = (250,200), widthHeight = (660,400), maximized = False, parentMain = True) 

cmds.windowPref("dopeSheetPanel1Window", topLeftCorner = (250,200), widthHeight = (660,400), maximized = False, parentMain = True)

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Im guessing there is a better way to do this, but it worked for me (maya 2014)

Warheart · September 2, 2014, 10:57am

If you want to reset all your window preferences then you can just delete (or move to a backup location) windowPrefs.mel and maya should recreate it for you with defaults when it launches. The same is true for the entire prefs folder afaik.

shane · September 3, 2014, 2:58am

Yup, I used to do that, but I found having to quit / delete / restart maya everytime I discovered the UV texture window was hiding on a disabled screen was quite a disruptive work flow, so now I just have the script hooked up to a menu.