R. C. White
December 11th 03, 08:10 AM
Hi, Bradstone.
Sure. You can use the keyboard method that has been available ever since
Windows v. 1.0: <Alt>+<Space>, x
Is that what you meant? Or are you looking for a way to have IE windows
always open maximized, which is a FAQ here? For this, the simplest solution
is to close all other IE windows, then stretch the last one to fill the
screen, then close it. IE remembers the size of the final window when it
closes.
But this gets tricky and we often forget and close a small IE window last,
then we have to go through the exercise again. Also, we have to do this for
each method we use to open IE: click on the icon; click an URL in OE; click
on a link on a web page, etc. It seems that each one has its own separate
memory. :>( Also, we can click on the shortcut icon that starts OE and set
it to Run in a Maximized window; this works sometimes, but not always.
Remember that Maximized and Normal-stretched-to-fill-the-screen might look
the same to you and me, but Windows knows the difference. And then there is
Full screen mode, which we toggle with the F11 key.
RC
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R. C. White, CPA
San Marcos, TX
Microsoft Windows MVP
"Bradstone" > wrote in message
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> Is there a key board shortcut to maximise (not restore)
> an open window? As a lot of my windows open filling only
> half the screen and it's rather annoying. Cheers.