Access window small when opening

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Rick

Silly question...
I have a database opened at all times while I am at work.
Sometimes I need to open one of three or four other
databases in a separate window. If I browse to the folder
and double-click on the icon to open one of these, the
MSAccess window that opens is only about 1/3 the width of
my desktop. After I enter my password and the switchboard
pops up, I maximize the window. My switchboard remains
squeezed to the left side of my window.
How can I tell it to open Access in a maximized window?
The first database I mentioned (the one I use all the
time) always seems to open properly.

Thanks!!

Rick
 
Rick,

Using DoCmd.Maximize will maximize the database window and all your forms.
If this is OK, then use that approach.

As I recall, Windows opens an application at a size that depends on the
currently available resources. So if your system is running low on memory,
it will open the window smaller.

If you are launching your application from a shortcut, select Maximized from
the shortcut's Run drop-down. You can get at this by right-clicking the
shortcut, and selecting Properties from the context menu.

Graham R Seach
Microsoft Access MVP
Sydney, Australia
 
This works, but only after the database has loaded and the switchboard is
displayed. It forces the form to the left of the screen. If I have no
other MSAccess windows open, then my application opens fine. It is only
when I am opening a second instance of MSAccess that the window is smaller.
Rick
 
I am not entirely sure of the set-up you describe but:

1. DoCmd.Maximize

will maximise the active Form inside the current Access Application window.

2. DoCmd.RunCommand acCmdAppMaximize

will maximize the current Access Application window.
 
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