diff -Nru --exclude=confdefs.h --exclude=config.log rox-2.2.0/ROX-Filer/src/filer.c rox-2.2.0.patched/ROX-Filer/src/filer.c
--- rox-2.2.0/ROX-Filer/src/filer.c	2005-01-16 17:43:30.000000000 +0100
+++ rox-2.2.0.patched/ROX-Filer/src/filer.c	2005-04-29 23:21:54.000000000 +0200
@@ -169,6 +169,8 @@
 static Option o_filer_view_type;
 Option o_filer_auto_resize, o_unique_filer_windows;
 Option o_filer_size_limit;
+int filer_default_w;
+int filer_default_h;
 
 void filer_init(void)
 {
@@ -341,6 +343,8 @@
 	if (!GTK_WIDGET_VISIBLE(filer_window->window))
 	{
 		display_set_actual_size(filer_window, force_resize);
+		if (filer_default_w != -1 && filer_default_h != -1)
+			filer_window_set_size(filer_window, filer_default_w, filer_default_h);
 		gtk_widget_show(filer_window->window);
 	}
 
diff -Nru --exclude=confdefs.h --exclude=config.log rox-2.2.0/ROX-Filer/src/filer.h rox-2.2.0.patched/ROX-Filer/src/filer.h
--- rox-2.2.0/ROX-Filer/src/filer.h	2005-01-09 14:08:29.000000000 +0100
+++ rox-2.2.0.patched/ROX-Filer/src/filer.h	2005-04-29 23:02:45.000000000 +0200
@@ -115,6 +115,8 @@
 extern GHashTable	*child_to_filer;
 extern Option		o_filer_auto_resize, o_unique_filer_windows;
 extern Option		o_filer_size_limit;
+extern int filer_default_w;
+extern int filer_default_h;
 
 /* Prototypes */
 void filer_init(void);
diff -Nru --exclude=confdefs.h --exclude=config.log rox-2.2.0/ROX-Filer/src/main.c rox-2.2.0.patched/ROX-Filer/src/main.c
--- rox-2.2.0/ROX-Filer/src/main.c	2005-01-16 17:48:01.000000000 +0100
+++ rox-2.2.0.patched/ROX-Filer/src/main.c	2005-04-29 23:21:18.000000000 +0200
@@ -131,6 +131,8 @@
        "  -u, --user		show user name in each window \n"	\
        "  -v, --version		display the version information and exit\n"   \
        "  -x, --examine=FILE	FILE has changed - re-examine it\n"	\
+	   "  -S, --size=s	sets default window size\n" \
+	   "               	s is: <width>x<height> (ex: \"100x100\")\n" \
        "\nReport bugs to " BUGS_TO ".\n"		\
        "Home page (including updated versions): http://rox.sourceforge.net/\n")
 
@@ -156,6 +158,7 @@
 	{"close", 1, NULL, 'D'},
 	{"mime-type", 1, NULL, 'm'},
 	{"client-id", 1, NULL, 'c'},
+	{"size", 1, NULL, 'S'},
 	{NULL, 0, NULL, 0},
 };
 #endif
@@ -242,6 +245,7 @@
 	options_init();
 	i18n_init();
 	xtype_init();
+	filer_default_w = filer_default_h = -1;
 
 #ifdef HAVE_GNOME_VFS
 	if (!gnome_vfs_init())
@@ -427,6 +431,19 @@
 				if (!soap_rpc)
 					g_error("Invalid XML in RPC");
 				break;
+			case 'S': {
+				char *c = NULL;
+				int w = -1, h = -1;
+				w = (int)strtol(VALUE, &c, 10);
+				if (c != NULL && strlen(c) > 1) {
+					h = (int)strtol(c + 1, NULL, 10);
+					filer_default_w = (w > 100) ? w : 100;
+					filer_default_h = (h > 50) ? h : 50;
+				} else {
+					printf("--size expects <width>x<height>\n");
+				}
+				break;
+			}
 			default:
 				printf(_(USAGE));
 				return EXIT_FAILURE;