Maximize Windows Explorer

How do I force Windows Explorer to open maximized?

There is no command line argument to force Windows Explorer to open
maximized. You could probably write a batch file that opens Windows
Explorer and then maximizes the window, but I am not familiar with the
exact command sequence.

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Herb wrote:
> How do I force Windows Explorer to open maximized?
>
>

You could try the IE New Windows Maximizer.
"http://www.jiisoft.com/iemaximizer/Default.aspx"

"Herb" wrote:

> How do I force Windows Explorer to open maximized?
>
>
>

This can be done in 2 ways - depending on how you are using it.

If you are lauching IE from a shortcut, then right click on shortcut icon,
select properties and define the Run dropdown as Maximised.

Otherwise, open IE and resize the IE window (not using the maximise button
at the top right) by streching the window edges to the extents of the
screen. Now close the window using the SHIFT key. The next time you open
IE, it should be maximised. Note that you may have to do this again in the
future if the window is reset by a web page. If you have to do it again,
always ensure that the last IE window you close is a maximised one if this
happens and you close it with the SHIFT key pressed.

Hope this helps.

Martin


"Herb" <herbh30@sbcglobal.net> wrote in message
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> How do I force Windows Explorer to open maximized?
>

Windows Explorer is not the same as Internet Explorer, Martin.

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Martin C wrote:
> This can be done in 2 ways - depending on how you are using it.
>
> If you are lauching IE from a shortcut, then right click on shortcut icon,
> select properties and define the Run dropdown as Maximised.
>
> Otherwise, open IE and resize the IE window (not using the maximise button
> at the top right) by streching the window edges to the extents of the
> screen. Now close the window using the SHIFT key. The next time you open
> IE, it should be maximised. Note that you may have to do this again in the
> future if the window is reset by a web page. If you have to do it again,
> always ensure that the last IE window you close is a maximised one if this
> happens and you close it with the SHIFT key pressed.
>
> Hope this helps.
>
> Martin
>
>
> "Herb" <herbh30@sbcglobal.net> wrote in message
> news:wK5Ij.23074$0o7.20241@newssvr13.news.prodigy. net...
>> How do I force Windows Explorer to open maximized?
>>
>
>

Sorry, my fault. Don't know where I got IE from, but the same advise
applies.

Martin


"Leonard Grey" <Leonard@Grey.invalid> wrote in message
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> Windows Explorer is not the same as Internet Explorer, Martin.
>
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> Leonard Grey
> Errare humanum est
>
> Martin C wrote:
>> This can be done in 2 ways - depending on how you are using it.
>>
>> If you are lauching IE from a shortcut, then right click on shortcut
>> icon, select properties and define the Run dropdown as Maximised.
>>
>> Otherwise, open IE and resize the IE window (not using the maximise
>> button at the top right) by streching the window edges to the extents of
>> the screen. Now close the window using the SHIFT key. The next time you
>> open IE, it should be maximised. Note that you may have to do this again
>> in the future if the window is reset by a web page. If you have to do it
>> again, always ensure that the last IE window you close is a maximised one
>> if this happens and you close it with the SHIFT key pressed.
>>
>> Hope this helps.
>>
>> Martin
>>
>>
>> "Herb" <herbh30@sbcglobal.net> wrote in message
>> news:wK5Ij.23074$0o7.20241@newssvr13.news.prodigy. net...
>>> How do I force Windows Explorer to open maximized?
>>>
>>

I had this problem under Windows XP for a long time, but finally
discovered a solution. Windows Explorer takes the size of its window
from how Internet (sic) Explorer appeared when it was last closed. To
make Windows Explorer default to opening maximized, open Internet
Explorer, maximize it, and then close it. (If you close IE with a
full-screen F11 view, Windows Explorer will open with icons instead of
menus.)

Art


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Please don't remove previous posts.

And what are you talking about? Internet Explorer or Windows Explorer?


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> I had this problem under Windows XP for a long time, but finally
> discovered a solution. Windows Explorer takes the size of its window
> from how Internet (sic) Explorer appeared when it was last closed. To
> make Windows Explorer default to opening maximized, open Internet
> Explorer, maximize it, and then close it. (If you close IE with a
> full-screen F11 view, Windows Explorer will open with icons instead of
> menus.)
>
> Art
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I'm talking about Windows Explorer, whose behavior is inexplicably tied
in with Internet Explorer. I understand your confusion, because this
seems utterly illogical to me, but that's how it seems to work. The
suggestion regarding the shift key didn't work for me, but this does.
However Internet Explorer looked, with regard to window size, when it
was closed, that's how Windows Explorer will look when it is next
opened.

Art


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How interesting. The window size for Windows Explorer on my copy of
Windows XP has no relationship to the size of the last Internet Explorer
window. And I can't recall any such relationship between Windows
Explorer and Internet Explorer in all the years I've been using them.
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flexser wrote:
> I'm talking about Windows Explorer, whose behavior is inexplicably tied
> in with Internet Explorer. I understand your confusion, because this
> seems utterly illogical to me, but that's how it seems to work. The
> suggestion regarding the shift key didn't work for me, but this does.
> However Internet Explorer looked, with regard to window size, when it
> was closed, that's how Windows Explorer will look when it is next
> opened.
>
> Art
>
>