New windows open up "minimized"

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This may be a silly question, but I have looked everywhere and checked all of my settings both for internet explorer and windows and can't resolve this. Whenever I open a window, the first opens up maximized but all other subsequent windows I open come up minimized. It's a small problem, but one that is driving me nuts. Is there a setting somewhere that I can change so that all windows open up maximized

I am running Windows XP Professional 2002 w/Service Pack 1 installed plus all critical updates. THanks for any input! :)
 
smrossi said:
This may be a silly question, but I have looked everywhere and
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checked all of my settings both for internet explorer and windows and
can't resolve this. Whenever I open a window, the first opens up
maximized but all other subsequent windows I open come up minimized.
It's a small problem, but one that is driving me nuts. Is there a
setting somewhere that I can change so that all windows open up
maximized?
I am running Windows XP Professional 2002 w/Service Pack 1
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installed plus all critical updates. THanks for any input! :)

Do not use the maximize button. Grab the corners of the window and
drag it to full screen size. Close the program using File>Close, or
File>Exit depending what program you're in. The resized window *must*
be the last window closed and the next time you open the program,
Windows will remember the last screen size used.
 
There is a factor in this IE/OE window memory/consistency equation that will
help you appreciate why dragging the sides of the last window is
*corrective* rather than *pre-emptive, or preventative* and unless the XP
Reloaded or Longhorn teams can work around it, I think it will always be
with you. I don't think there is any way to avoid ocassional small windows
because of this. The increasing frequency and variety of pop-ups and pop
unders is this *factor.*

Often when you think you haven't done anything *deliberately to switch a
window size* popups or pop unders* can cause Windows to remember their
size. This means that if you have an efficient popup blocker running
(Panic Ware's or Google Toolbar or a number of others), you may never see
the culprit for this altered size. There might be other causes in the
equation sometimes, but I'm not sure what they are.

Chad Harris
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