diff --git a/mailnews/base/resources/content/msgFolderPickerOverlay.js b/mailnews/base/resources/content/msgFolderPickerOverlay.js
index 9b4ee0adabe9..6f0d37f302ca 100644
--- a/mailnews/base/resources/content/msgFolderPickerOverlay.js
+++ b/mailnews/base/resources/content/msgFolderPickerOverlay.js
@@ -97,11 +97,4 @@ function SetFolderPicker(uri,pickerID)
 
 	picker.setAttribute("value",selectedValue);
 	picker.setAttribute("uri",uri);
-
-	if (pickerID == "msgNewFolderPicker") {
-		// XXX Ugly hack to make sizeToContent work, see bug 62987
-		window.resizeTo(0,0);
-
-		window.sizeToContent();
-	}
 }
diff --git a/mailnews/base/resources/content/newFolderDialog.js b/mailnews/base/resources/content/newFolderDialog.js
index 9087cecf2d24..ab74871a7562 100644
--- a/mailnews/base/resources/content/newFolderDialog.js
+++ b/mailnews/base/resources/content/newFolderDialog.js
@@ -48,19 +48,17 @@ function onLoad()
   if (arguments.dualUseFolders) {
     dialog.folderType = FOLDERS | MESSAGES;
   } else {
+    window.resizeTo(250, 235);
+
     // set our folder type by calling the default selected type's oncommand
     var selectedFolderType = document.getElementById("folderGroup").selectedItem;
     eval(selectedFolderType.getAttribute("oncommand"));
 
     // show the section which allows us to select the folder type to create
     var newFolderTypeBox = document.getElementById("newFolderTypeBox");
-    newFolderTypeBox.setAttribute("hidden", "false");
+    newFolderTypeBox.removeAttribute("hidden");
   }
 
-  // XXX Ugly hack to make sizeToContent work, see bug 62987
-  window.resizeTo(0, 0);
-
-  window.sizeToContent();
   moveToAlertPosition();
   doEnabling();
   doSetOKCancel(onOK, onCancel);
diff --git a/mailnews/base/resources/content/newFolderDialog.xul b/mailnews/base/resources/content/newFolderDialog.xul
index 7d87539cfdde..a495499007ed 100644
--- a/mailnews/base/resources/content/newFolderDialog.xul
+++ b/mailnews/base/resources/content/newFolderDialog.xul
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@
         title="&newFolderDialog.title;"
         align="vertical"
         class="dialog"
+        width="200" height="180"
         onload="onLoad();">
 
   <script type="text/javascript" src="chrome://global/content/strres.js"/>
@@ -54,7 +55,7 @@
     <text value="&description.label;" class="label" accesskey="&description.accesskey;" for="msgNewFolderPicker"/>
 
     <box align="horizontal">
-      <menu id="msgNewFolderPicker" oncommand="doEnabling(); window.sizeToContent();"/>
+      <menu id="msgNewFolderPicker" oncommand="doEnabling();" crop="right" flex="1"/>
       <spring flex="1"/>
     </box>