Yeah Vic, I tried that and it opened FULL screen, not maximized on this PC (IE 5.01). I've always been able to right click the IE icon on the quick launch toolbar and go to 'properties' then select "maximized" and that would work, but ONLY for clicking the blue e icon, it never had any affect on shortcuts or links.
We've tried all those things here at the list. This thread has come and gone countless times over the past few years and nothing would work, no registry hacks, no programs, no batch files, nothing. :( I have even tried all those registry hacks I've found all over the net, and none worked. What you suggest and what others have suggested will not open it FULLY, that's FULLY in a TRUE REAL MAXIMIZED window (like I described in post below). The keywords here are TRUE & REAL maximized. Look at these screen shots. So we're all talking about the same thing, "fullscreen" of course is full screen as you can see. Note the "maximized" screen shot and look at the extreme upper right at the 'double rectangle' I mentioned below. This is TRUE maximized, it cannot be maximized any more. Now look at the pseudo-maximized shot. This is what happens using those methods you mentioned and what others have mentioned. Note the border around the entire perimeter of the browser window and you can see the desktop around the edge, as well as the 'square' being at upper right where the double rectangle should be. This is indicative of NOT being maximized of course. Even repeated 'dragging' of the handle and lower right will not fix it permanently, it will only fix it temporarily for the current window. http://orpheuscomputing.com/fullscreen.gif http://orpheuscomputing.com/maximized.gif http://orpheuscomputing.com/pseudo-maximized.gif The second link is what we are striving for without the use of any 3rd party software. I have had this problem for years now, on EVERY COMPUTER I have used, seen, or built that uses IE 5+. There is no area in the properties for a shortcut pertaining to it's window size, at least none I see on IE 5.01 SP2. What other 'properties' area are you speaking of? -Clint God Bless Us All Clint Hamilton, Owner http://OrpheusComputing.com � ----- Original Message ----- From: "vic" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> No, the /max switch starts a window MAXIMIZED, not full screen. Try it and you'll see. I was answering this question: > When I open IE 5.5 it opens in a non maximized window. > > How do I make it open Maximized ? What I said was for that - to open IE maximized, not shorcuts to it. You can always have a shortcut run maximized by setting it to do so in Properties If stretching the window to max size with the mouse doesn't works for your url shortcuts and OE links, try this: Open up IE to a page with some urls on it. Stretch it to the max size you want. Then right click any url on the page and choose Open Link in New Window Now close the first page and then use your mouse to stretch the new window.to maximized size. Once maxed, close it. >From then on, IE and all new windows should open maximized. Something else that works, is this. Have the non maximized window open. Close any other windows. Then right click the taskbar and choose Tile Horizontally. The window should then open to a maximize size. If nothing works, then it's a reg problem. The window size is controlled by the window placement value at HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main The value for a maximized window is hex:2c,00,00,00,02,00,00,00,03,00,00,00,ff,ff,ff,ff,ff,ff,\ ff,ff,ff,ff,ff,ff,ff,ff,ff,ff,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,80,02,0 0,00,c4,01,00,\ 00 Delete the windows placement value, as well as this key HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Desktop\Old WorkAreas Then reboot. Both will be newly recreated. If you want to be assured of always opening a window max you can use this reg file I made for IE 5.5 Place it in your startup folder or run it from a reg run key. All it does is set the window placement to max so that whenever you launch IE, it will start maximized. Not sure if it will transfer correctly in this emaill, so unless you're familiar with the registry. don't try it. Email me instead, and I can send it premade. If anyone who doesn't have the problem wants to test it, just export the value to a reg file. Then resize your window to a smaller size so that it no longer opens maximized. Then double click the reg file, refresh and open IE again. It should now open maximized. REGEDIT4 [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main] "Window_Placement"=hex:2c,00,00,00,02,00,00,00,03,00,00,00,ff ,ff,ff,ff,ff,ff ,\ ff,ff,ff,ff,ff,ff,ff,ff,ff,ff,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,80,02,0 0,00,c4,01,00,\ 00 Having said all that, I have yet to come accross an IE window size problem that couldn't be fixed and in most cases the simpler methods work. hth vic http://groups.yahoo.com/group/WinTips-Tricks/ Lock and hide folders with maximum ease and security. http://personal-computer-tutor.com/lh/lockhide.htm ----- Original Message ----- From: "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, June 11, 2002 7:19 AM Subject: Re: PCWorks: IE 5.5 > That's FULL screen, we're talking about maximized, and in > these cases, IE will always open maximized by "starting" it, > by clicking the 'blue e' icon in the quick launch toolbar if > you set it to do that. That is not the problem, the problem > is with desktop URL shortcuts or clicking links in emails for > example. THOSE are what will not open in a *TRUE* > *Maximized* browser window. (Full screen = FULL screen, no > text toolbar at top, no address bar. Maximized = Maximized > browser window with all toolbars & address bar at the top, > what you get when you click the "square" symbol @ upper > right. As long as you can still see the square, it's not > maximized properly. When you see the DUAL small squares [or > more accurately, rectangles] @ upper right, along with the > address bar and toolbar, it's maximized). > -Clint ============= PCWorks Mailing List ================= Don't see your post? Check our posting guidelines & make sure you've followed proper posting procedures, http://pcworkers.com/rules.htm Contact list owner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Unsubscribing and other changes: http://pcworkers.com =====================================================
