Getting that second browser window to open up to the right size - and STAY THAT WAY? (1 Viewer)

[Ronald Epstein]

Just reformatted my computer and reinstalled XP Pro.

Whenever I open a second window in my Internet
Explorer browser, that window always opens way too
small and I have to keep enlarging it.

Is there any way to set the parameters on these
browser windows so that they open full every time?

Thanks in advance for your help.

 

[Scott L]

I believe Rob Gillespie gave us this answer a while back. Open the window, resize it to your liking, then close it while holding down the CONTROL key. Should open up the way you closed it.

 

[Ronald Epstein]

Nope - doesn't work.

 

[LewB]

Can I suggest Netscape 7.1 or Mozilla? They allow you to open multiple tabs on the same page and have built in pop-up prevention code. On the down side, some web pages just don't work with these browsers.

 

[Rob Gillespie]

Open ONE window, then do the CTRL trick mentioned earlier.

If you have more than one open it gets it's knickers in a twist.

 

[Ken Chan]

Do you have to use Ctrl? For me, the size and position of the last window I close is used the next time I start IE. After that, File | New | Window (Ctrl+N) will open another window just below and to the right, same size.

When you click on some JavaScript links, they often will open the window at a certain hard-coded size. For whatever reason a lot of them are just a wee bit too small.

//Ken

 

[Ronald Epstein]

None of the above suggestions worked.

Whenever I open a new window it opems tiny.

No big deal....and no thanks to Netscape or
Mozilla.

 

[Jesse Leonard]

If you are talking about clicking on an icon (shortcut) to open a new window then it is easy. Just right-click the icon and choose properties. Go to the Shortcut tab. In the Run: drop down box, choose Maximize. Then click OK. Now everytime you click the icon it will lauch the window maximized.

If you are talking about clicking on a link and having it open a new window then it is almost impossible. The best way is to click on a link to open a new window. Then stretch this window to be almost maximized (but don't click the maximized button). Then close the window. New windows should now open to this almost maximized position.

 

[Ronald Epstein]

The best way is to click on a link to open a new window. Then stretch this window to be almost maximized (but don't click the maximized button). Then close the window. New windows should now open to this almost maximized position.

That did it! Thank You! The answer I needed,
and it WORKED!

 

[Scott L]

Just as a reference for those wondering the same thing using XP... I just resized my IE window to a different one, held down the control key and closed it. Re-opened IE and it was the same size as when I closed it.

Not sure why that method didn't work for you Ron.

 

[Matt DeVillier]

and I'm not sure why anyone would use IE over mozilla these days...

 

[BenSC]

The trick is to only have one IE window open. Doesn't matter if you use control, click on a link, or not. With no other IE's open, open a new window, resize, then close. From then out they should all be the right size.

 

[Kevin-M]

You can also fix it this way:

Right click on an IE shortcut(a true shortcut, not the default one that takes you straight to the IE preferences window). In the location bar that points to the location of the IE executable, add " -k" (without the quotes) to the end of that line. Close the shortcut properties. Now when you start IE, it will be in full screen mode. Open any link in a new window and it will be maximized. Alt-F4 out of IE, remove the " -k" from the shortcut, and when you restart all new windows opened will be maximized.

A couple extra steps, but it works for those that can't get the manual-maximize method to work.