Opening a window in the finder

how do I open a window, make it larger, and locate it in a certain postion on the desktop, so that everytime I open the window, it is the size and location I want?

Please watch Apple's Find Out How video series, here is the link to Finder basics, from this one you can locate all the others too:
http://www.apple.com/findouthow/mac/#finderbasics

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