Guest Rickie Belitz Posted October 5, 2007 Posted October 5, 2007 How can you change a file association's properties so that each time the associated program is started in a maximized window? I have short cuts set this way but cannot get find where to change this with the file association.
Guest Detlev Dreyer Posted October 5, 2007 Posted October 5, 2007 Re: Fille Association Properties "Rickie Belitz" <Rickie Belitz@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote: > How can you change a file association's properties so that each time > the associated program is started in a maximized window? > I have short cuts set this way but cannot get find where to change this > with the file association. Assuming that when you double-click a particular file type, the associated program shall start maximized: There is no such setting. -- d-d
Guest Rick Posted October 5, 2007 Posted October 5, 2007 Re: Fille Association Properties "Detlev Dreyer" wrote: > "Rickie Belitz" <Rickie Belitz@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote: > > > How can you change a file association's properties so that each time > > the associated program is started in a maximized window? > > I have short cuts set this way but cannot get find where to change this > > with the file association. > > Assuming that when you double-click a particular file type, the associated > program shall start maximized: There is no such setting. > > -- > d-d > Thanks. I was coming to the same conclusion myself... You would think after all the versions of Windows, this would have been taken care of.
Guest Detlev Dreyer Posted October 5, 2007 Posted October 5, 2007 Re: Fille Association Properties "Rick" <Rick@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote: >> Assuming that when you double-click a particular file type, the associated >> program shall start maximized: There is no such setting. > > Thanks. I was coming to the same conclusion myself... You would think > after all the versions of Windows, this would have been taken care of. Well, the operating system cannot really control the behavior of the applications. Even when starting a program via shortcut, the "maximized" command will be ignored by many programs. A good example is the Windows Calculator which will never ever run maximized by design: Start > Run: calc.exe Therefore, it's best praxis when *programs* save their last window size and allow for the setting to use that size on startup. These programs start maximized even when launched by doubleclick on associated files. -- d-d
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