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When I click on my Internet explorer icon my screen opens maximized but if I click on any links the new window pops up 3/4 screen. Is there a setting to make it open maximized? I know in XP I would stretch the screen out and then hold down shift and exit the screen, the next time I opened it it would remember the setting.
Hold the CTRL key while dragging..
Steve, that isn't working for me.
If the link opens in a new tab but same window it will also be stretched out to the whole screen but if it opens in a new window it will only be 3/4 screen.
Drag to full size , go to file and select Exit.
I don't see a file tab in the browser.
Hit the Alt key and the menu will show up.
Thanks I will try that.
By the way, the ALT key trick works in lots of places besides IE.
Great tip!
I still can't get the window to open full screen, even with the File then exit.
Next trick.
* Resize (with only one window open) and then close by clicking the X in the upper right corner while holding down the Shift key. Often this works but it may not.
* If the above does not work, your next step is to try the two-window method.
1. Open a single IE window (which is presumably still too small)
2. Now open a secondary IE window by either right-clicking or shift-clicking
on any convenient link in the open IE window
3. Resize this second window to the desired dimensions
4. Close this resized window by clicking the X in the upper right corner while holding down the Shift key
5. Resize the still open original window as desired
6. Close this window by clicking the X in the upper right corner while holding down the Shift key
Nope still didn't work.
Stumped for sure here.
Hope someone comes up with the answer.
But one last shot from me.
R-click the IE shortcut and select Properties.
In the lower section, the run line , use the drop down and change it to maximized.
Hope that works!
I already added the Maximize to the internet explorer shrtcut and that works perfectly. The problem is when I open a site from my fav folder or if I open a link and it opens in its own window then it is 3/4 screen again. If I have a site open and I open another as long as it stays on the same window in a new tab it will also stay opened maximized. I hope that makes sense.
Yes it does, but I am stumped!
Sure hope someone comes up with a good answer!
Raydee--I am not sure if you really want to open IE screens Maximized or rather to a size that fills the screen. There is a difference.
A Maximized screen cannot be moved, nor can its size be changed. The middle of the little icons at the top of the IE screen (just to the right of the white X) will show as two squares--one superimposed on the other.
If you really just want that IE window to open to a size and shape of your choosing (and be movable) then follow this procedure:
Open an IE window (mother window). Now open a second IE window as a New Window (child window).
Using the edges and corners of the child window, drag to size and location as you want it.
Close the mother window.
Now close the child window. Some people say to hold down the Control or Shift key when you close it. I have not found that to be necessary. But it will not hurt anything.
The next time you open IE it should open in the size and location of the previous child window.
Jim I did exactly what you wrote and now none of my windows will open filling the screen, now they all open 3/4 screen. This is starting to get frustrating.
Raydee--I am sorry to hear that. The fix has never failed me.
But to go back to where you were, try a System Restore.
Honestly Jim I have never had this problem before. I usually stretch the screen out and then hold Shift while exiting the screen and it works everytime.