OT: IE - Maximise on openning?

Grazie wrote on 3/31/2003, 5:50 AM

YOU ARE TOO GOOD TO ME! Thank you.

What I was after was for IE to "automatically" maximise on openning. Is this amongst your suggestions? Apologies if it is - can't see it yet.

Grazie

Tyler.Durden wrote on 3/31/2003, 6:11 AM

Hi G,

If I maximize my IE window then close, IE will launch full frame...

If I want to open additional IE windows, I use Ctrl-N to launch a duplicate full frame.

Open in new window seems to always open in the partial mode.

hth, mph

Grazie wrote on 3/31/2003, 9:27 AM

Thanks for your patience . . . .

"If I maximize my IE window then close, IE will launch full frame..." - Sorry not with me. If I have IE Full on close it comes back as 1/2 filling the screen. Any thoughts?

Any way - more interestingly for me, and by way of "saying thank you" I've played around with my new found PNG tools!!! I'm uploading to Kelly's site in a few minutes - "Floriade Banner". It's very short, no sound and just a demonstration of what I've found I can do . . .

Grazie

Tyler.Durden wrote on 3/31/2003, 9:43 AM

Hi G,

I find that the LAST ie window I close determines the size when it opens...

IE 5.5 winME

HTH, MPH

Grazie wrote on 3/31/2003, 9:48 AM

Sorry Marty

I'm

writing this
in about
2" of screen - that's
why this paragraph
is very, very narrow

I just read your post, with
the "Window" full - and on
closing and
then openning it again, it's gone narrow
again . .. . .

Grazie

BillyBoy wrote on 3/31/2003, 11:04 AM

Hi Grazie. This is one of those 'weird' Windows things. Microsoft does provide a somewhat silly way of fixing it. I'm assuming what you want is for the Browser window to ALWAYS open full?

1. Open any Web page in Explorer.
2. At the extreme top left notice the Microsoft logo, the E.
3. Click on it, select maximize.

Now exit the browser and start up again. It should start maximized. Assuming of course you also have the middle button, extreme top right set to maximize as well.

Grazie wrote on 3/31/2003, 1:45 PM

BB - "I'm assuming what you want is for the Browser window to ALWAYS open full?" - Yes.

BB - Done your - 1. 2. 3. - procedure twice - no dice!

What is going on people?

Grizzly-Grazie- GGrrrrrrrrr .. . .. . . .. . . . .

PAW wrote on 3/31/2003, 1:49 PM

How are you opening IE, from the quicklaunch bar/start programs?

If you are try right click properties and change the run drop down to maximised.

Grazie wrote on 3/31/2003, 2:13 PM

"How are you opening IE, from the quicklaunch bar/start programs?" - quicklaunch bar

"If you are try right click properties and change the run drop down to maximised." Yes, when I right click I do get Properties - But no option to change to Maximise - or come to that Minimise either!

Grazie

Grazie wrote on 3/31/2003, 2:45 PM

Okay People!

I've not got what I want - maximise on open - BUT if I "physically" grab a corner of the window, and pull it to its largest size - not maximise - then on "closing" IE and on re-openning it has "held" its enlarged, grabbed-size -yeah?

Soooo . . .
Maximise on exit=NO
Resize on exit=YES

Grazie

SonyDennis wrote on 3/31/2003, 2:50 PM

If you have one of the desktop managers, like the ones Matrox ships with the G400 & Parhelia, they mess with the window size and positions all the time. I turn all that stuff off.
///d@

Grazie wrote on 3/31/2003, 10:19 PM

Thanks Sonic - But no Desktop Manager here - just plain ol' vanilla WinME. No Matrox anything. SD - it's quite odd that all my other apps - Word, Excel et al, "GO Large" on openning - But not IE. I've looked around all the settings I can get hold of, plus the "Help" documentation, but no reference to "keeping" IE maximised on reopenning - weird.

Grazie