HELP HELP HELP... screen problem

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When I click on any web site icon on my desktop (ex. yahoo web site), the
screen comes up in the middle of the desktop and only about 3 inches wide. I
can click on the maximize button and it will come up full screen, but when I
(X) out of it and go back to the desktop, clicking on the icon again brings
it again back 3 inches wide in the middle of the desktop background screen....

ANY THOUGHTS ON HOW TO FIX? Thanks
 
Get the screen up and using the mouse on each side, stretch the window to
fit the screen and then click X to close it down.
 
michael said:
When I click on any web site icon on my desktop (ex. yahoo web site), the
browser window comes up in the middle of the desktop about 3 inches wide. I
can click on the maximize button and it will come up full screen, but when I
(X) out of it and go back to the desktop, clicking on the icon again brings
it again back 3 inches wide in the middle of the desktop background screen....

ANY THOUGHTS ON HOW TO FIX? Thanks
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With IE shortcuts, you can right-click, click Properties, set the "Run:"
pane to "Maximized".

For IE instances opened from links within email and web sites, open one
IE window, drag the edges till it's the preferred size, nearly
maximized, then close the window. Also try closing the window while
pressing the Ctrl key. Usually this will help Windows remember the
preferred size. It'll be changed occasionally, when a popup window is
opened with specific size, and you'll have to do this again. Another
suggestion:

- Open a webpage. Stretch it out to full size. Don't use maximize.
- Choose any link on that webpage and right-click, open in a new window.
- Stretch that second window out to the desired size; don't use
maximize. You can enter this line though:
javascript:moveTo(0,0);resizeTo(1024,768)
(or whatever your screen resolution)
- Close the first IE window. Then close that second resized window.
See:
http://inetexplorer.mvps.org/answers/30.html
http://windowsxp.mvps.org/IEFAQ.htm#IEMax

To get maximized windows from Desktop and QL shortcuts, create a few
shortcuts to your browser on your Desktop, or Quick Launch bar, then
edit the shortcuts:

1. Change the "Target:" to:

"C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\IEXPLORE.EXE" http://lpga.com

(as an example site.)

2. After adding the internet address, change the "Run:" pane to "Maximized".

(That will make those shortcuts open IE maximized.) There's also
software available that will switch opened windows to the maximized
condition. Here's one:

http://www.southbaypc.com/AutoSizer/

Hope this helps,
 
What finally did seem to work was when I clicked on an icon, then dragged the
screen to full size, and then clicked on a link within this site and dragged
that to full size, and then X'd out of both screens back to the program
manager. Also, by doing one icon, it fixed all the others as well... thanks
so much for the help... michael
 
michael said:
What finally did seem to work was when I clicked on an icon, then dragged the
screen to full size, and then clicked on a link within this site and dragged
that to full size, and then X'd out of both screens back to the program
manager. Also, by doing one icon, it fixed all the others as well... thanks
so much for the help... michael
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And thanks for reporting back with your results.
 
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