Daft question that loads of you must know the answer to.

How do I get new IE windows to always open maximised? I right click on a link, Open in New Window and the bloody thing then creates a new IE window that is tiny. Very annoying.

I know it can be set to maximize automatically but I can't find where

Ta

 

Try maximising Explorer (or increasing the size to whatever you want) then exit it. When you re-start it, it should remember the size you set it to?


Pete The Biker

 

Tried that no joy, but thanks anyway

 

had a look throught the tools and not found anything myself but you could try this.

File > new > window.
Maximize.
right click the tab of the original window in the task bar and close...
File > new > window.again.
Should now opoen maximised

whether it remembers it when you turn it off or not I dont know

Andy

 

Tried that too

If I open a new window from an IE shortcut then it does open maximised. Likewise if I "Create" "New" it is also maximised. Unfortunately it only opens in small size if I right click a link and select "Open in New window". Which is, also unfortunately, all I ever do!

[img]images/smilies/mad.gif[/img]

 

Open new window then right click pane of window and click size
Drag the window to full screen
Close and open again
It should be full size

 

There is no size option on right click.

Dragging the window to resize then closing and reopening does not seem to work if the new window is then opened from right clicking on a link then "Open in new window".

Thanks anyway

Come on you IT gurus, someone must have the definitive answer!!

 

One last try!........

Go to the Explorer icon on your desktop, or the item on your Start menu

Then right click, Properties

On the Shortcut Tab, go to Run

Select 'Normal Window', 'Maximised' or 'Minimised'

Click OK



Pete The Biker

 

LOL. Got mine to open file > new > window. full screen but now have lost the status bar [img]images/smilies/mad.gif[/img]

Right..... Mozilla here we come, see other thread, just finished downloading it

Andy

 

Arggggggghhhhh!!

Thanks Pete - thought we nearly had it there....

If I create a shortcut to the IE folder then I can set that to open maximised but the actual IE folder itself will only generate a small window. Right clicking a link on a webpage seems to access the IE folder hence only opens a small window. Is there anyway I can change the action of the "Open link in new window" then? Can I get it to go to the shortcut rather than the actual IE file?

Who'd of thought it could be so tricky!

 

Fuzz
You can get the status bar back through View > Status bar.

 

Yes I know that PJ... it's getting it to stay ticked that is the problem.

Posting from mozilla

Page loads quicker but gifs and smileys take a while longer I think...


Andy

 

ctr+shift+click on link

~Jules

 

That works in Mozilla firebird... now all I have to do is remember it


Andy

 

Cheers jules - nearly there!
Ctrl+shift+link will create a new window but any subsequent clicks from the first page don't create a new window, they just reuse the second window that was created. What if I want to open lots of links from the first page (e.g opening hits from a Yahoo search results page).

 

Some of these may help..........

Clicky

The third and fourth items look like they might be relevant.....


Pete The Biker

 

P130J,

Ok then, try this:

1) do a google for a large list of items
2) ctrl+click your first link
3) shift+click all links after this

Just tried and I have a lot of full screen windows open Each time you are at a new window, you'll need to ctrl+click to start opening windows off that page in full screen windows.

~Jules

Edited to say: Burn Mozilla!

[Edited by judgejules - 10/25/2003 2:34:27 PM]

 

you might be right Judge, throwing up page errors already


Andy

 

lol It's never ending!

ctrl + click spawns a full size window
shift + click spawns a small size window, just like the right click option!!

Cheers anyway.