How Do I Reset The Finder Windows Positions?

Hi,
I would like to "reset my finder windows positions". Anyone knows how I can do that?
Thanks.
Ed

So I cannot edit the .DS_Store file?
You can try, as I do not know how good you are at working with binary files. When I try to edit a .DS_Store on my system I see:
^@^@^@^ABud1^@^@p^@^@^@^H^@^@^@p^@^@^@^P^L^@^@h^K^@^@
lots and lots of ^@ with occasional other characters mixed in.
So what will it happen if I delete the .DS_Store file? Will my iMac's all Finder Windows be reseted?
The Finder will forget information about that Folder. Where it is positioned on the screen, how the files in the folder are arranged, etc...
If you are concerned, create an experimental folder, put some junk files in the folder (stuff you can delete later). Arrange things in the experimental folder, play with the size of the experimental folder.
Now delete the .DS_Store for that file. See what happens in a safe experimental way. If you like the results, apply the same to folders you want to reset.
"for each Folder", what do you mean?
If you want to reset more than 1 folder, you would repeat the .DS_Store for each folder that you are interested in resetting.

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