How to tell IE and Outlook Express to open new windows and mailmaximized?

[Guest Doc]

When opening mail in one of my mail identities, the mail is always

small - i.e. not maximized - maybe 4" x 4" and I have to double click

the blue bar or the restore box - the box in the upper right corner

betw the minimze "-" and the close "x". In the othe identity they

open large but not maximized - i.e. the restore box having only one

square instead of the overlapped squares you see when it's maximized.

 

I also find Explorer windows opened from links are opening small the

same way. How do I get it to stop doing this?

 

Running XP Media Center SP2.

 

Thanks for all input.

[Guest Bruce Hagen]

Re: How to tell IE and Outlook Express to open new windows and mail maximized?

 

Re: How to tell IE and Outlook Express to open new windows and mail maximized?

 

You will have to do this for each different window.

 

First, *close all other windows*. Now, grab the corners of the window and

drag it to full screen size. Close the window using File | Close, or File |

Exit depending what program you're in. Windows will remember the last screen

size used the next time you open the program.

--

Bruce Hagen

MS-MVP Outlook Express

Imperial Beach, CA

 

 

"Doc" <docsavage20@yahoo.com> wrote in message

news:f68ec645-a3d0-440e-8c25-eaa74ef59f8b@u10g2000prn.googlegroups.com...

> When opening mail in one of my mail identities, the mail is always

> small - i.e. not maximized - maybe 4" x 4" and I have to double click

> the blue bar or the restore box - the box in the upper right corner

> betw the minimze "-" and the close "x". In the othe identity they

> open large but not maximized - i.e. the restore box having only one

> square instead of the overlapped squares you see when it's maximized.

>

> I also find Explorer windows opened from links are opening small the

> same way. How do I get it to stop doing this?

>

> Running XP Media Center SP2.

>

> Thanks for all input.

[Guest Barb]

Re: How to tell IE and Outlook Express to open new windows and mail maximized?

 

Re: How to tell IE and Outlook Express to open new windows and mail maximized?

 

>

> "Doc" <docsavage20@yahoo.com> wrote in message

> news:f68ec645-a3d0-440e-8c25-eaa74ef59f8b@u10g2000prn.googlegroups.com...

>> When opening mail in one of my mail identities, the mail is always

>> small - i.e. not maximized - maybe 4" x 4" and I have to double click

>> the blue bar or the restore box - the box in the upper right corner

>> betw the minimze "-" and the close "x". In the othe identity they

>> open large but not maximized - i.e. the restore box having only one

>> square instead of the overlapped squares you see when it's maximized.

>>

>> I also find Explorer windows opened from links are opening small the

>> same way. How do I get it to stop doing this?

>>

>> Running XP Media Center SP2.

>>

>> Thanks for all input.

>

 

 

 

I couldn't get anything to "stick". I use IE New Window Maximiser, which is

a small free prog which lives in the sys tray and does what it says.

 

http://www.pcworld.com/downloads/file/fid,22832-order,1-page,1-c,alldownloads/description.html

 

Barb UK

[Guest Michael Santovec]

Re: How to tell IE and Outlook Express to open new windows and mail maximized?

 

Re: How to tell IE and Outlook Express to open new windows and mail maximized?

 

The trick in IE/OE is NOT to maximize. That doesn't get remembered.

You need to drag out a "Normal" window to near maximum size. That gets

remembered.

 

--

 

Mike - http://pages.prodigy.net/michael_santovec/techhelp.htm

 

 

"Barb" <black.cat@nothing.invalid> wrote in message

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> >

>> "Doc" <docsavage20@yahoo.com> wrote in message

>> news:f68ec645-a3d0-440e-8c25-eaa74ef59f8b@u10g2000prn.googlegroups.com...

>>> When opening mail in one of my mail identities, the mail is always

>>> small - i.e. not maximized - maybe 4" x 4" and I have to double

>>> click

>>> the blue bar or the restore box - the box in the upper right corner

>>> betw the minimze "-" and the close "x". In the othe identity they

>>> open large but not maximized - i.e. the restore box having only one

>>> square instead of the overlapped squares you see when it's

>>> maximized.

>>>

>>> I also find Explorer windows opened from links are opening small the

>>> same way. How do I get it to stop doing this?

>>>

>>> Running XP Media Center SP2.

>>>

>>> Thanks for all input.

>>

>

>

>

> I couldn't get anything to "stick". I use IE New Window Maximiser,

> which is

> a small free prog which lives in the sys tray and does what it says.

>

> http://www.pcworld.com/downloads/file/fid,22832-order,1-page,1-c,alldownloads/description.html

>

> Barb UK

>

>

>

[Guest smlunatick]

Re: How to tell IE and Outlook Express to open new windows and mailmaximized?

 

On Mar 20, 1:42 pm, "Barb" <black....@nothing.invalid> wrote:

> > "Doc" <docsavag...@yahoo.com> wrote in message

> >news:f68ec645-a3d0-440e-8c25-eaa74ef59f8b@u10g2000prn.googlegroups.com...

> >> When opening mail in one of my mail identities, the mail is always

> >> small - i.e. not maximized - maybe 4" x 4" and I have to double click

> >> the blue bar or the restore box - the box in the upper right corner

> >> betw the minimze "-"  and the close "x".  In the othe identity they

> >> open large but not maximized - i.e. the restore box having only one

> >> square instead of the overlapped squares you see when it's maximized.

>

> >> I also find Explorer windows opened from links are opening small the

> >> same way. How do I get it to stop doing this?

>

> >> Running XP Media Center SP2.

>

> >> Thanks for all input.

>

> I couldn't get anything to "stick".  I use IE New Window Maximiser, which is

> a small free prog which lives in the sys tray and does what it says.

>

> http://www.pcworld.com/downloads/file/fid,22832-order,1-page,1-c,alld...

>

> Barb UK- Hide quoted text -

>

> - Show quoted text -

 

I use AutoSizer (http://www.southbaypc.com/AutoSizer/)

 

You can add any Windows prorgram and control window size / postions.