diff --git a/container_windows.c b/container_windows.c
index d56830ec..27f01d26 100644
--- a/container_windows.c
+++ b/container_windows.c
@@ -94,10 +94,13 @@ void updateParent(uintptr_t h)
 	if (h == 0)		// no parent
 		return;
 	hwnd = (HWND) h;
+/*TODO
 	// TODO is there a better way?
 	if (GetWindowRect(hwnd, &r) == 0)
 		logLastError("error getting window rect for dummy move in updateParent()");
 	if (MoveWindow(hwnd, r.left, r.top, r.right - r.left, r.bottom - r.top, TRUE) == 0)
 		logLastError("error moving window in updateParent()");
+*/
+	SendMessageW(hwnd, msgUpdateChild, 0, 0);
 	// TODO invalidate rect?
 }
diff --git a/uipriv_windows.h b/uipriv_windows.h
index bc8890a3..7f5f8c8d 100644
--- a/uipriv_windows.h
+++ b/uipriv_windows.h
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ enum {
 	// redirected WM_COMMAND and WM_NOTIFY
 	msgCOMMAND = WM_APP + 0x40,		// start offset just to be safe
 	msgNOTIFY,
+	msgUpdateChild,		// fake because wine (only? TODO) seems to SWP_NOSIZE MoveWindow()s and SetWindowPos()s that don't change the window size (even if SWP_NOSIZE isn't specified)
 };
 
 // debug_windows.c
diff --git a/window_windows.c b/window_windows.c
index 881173d6..88e7aaee 100644
--- a/window_windows.c
+++ b/window_windows.c
@@ -30,10 +30,12 @@ static LRESULT CALLBACK uiWindowWndProc(HWND hwnd, UINT uMsg, WPARAM wParam, LPA
 		return lResult;
 	switch (uMsg) {
 	case WM_WINDOWPOSCHANGED:
-		if (w->child == NULL)
-			break;
 		if ((wp->flags & SWP_NOSIZE) != 0)
 			break;
+		// fall through
+	case msgUpdateChild:
+		if (w->child == NULL)
+			break;
 		if (GetClientRect(w->hwnd, &r) == 0)
 			logLastError("error getting window client rect for resize in uiWindowWndProc()");
 		resize(w->child, w->hwnd, r);