Run a program maximised

Peter Mortensen Bruno Charters Bruno Charters 2 2 gold badges 6 6 silver badges 13 13 bronze badges. Add a comment. Active Oldest Votes. Improve this answer. Thanks for this, saves the day when IntelliJ stays in a minimized state with no way to get it to behave like it should. Cool idea to have a batch with code and invoking csc on it to do advanced magic. This should have been the answer as the OP asked about maximizing any process — Anshuman Chatterjee.

Anirudh Ramanathan Anirudh Ramanathan Sign up or log in Sign up using Google. Before you can force programs to open maximized, you must access the Properties window for that program.

This process varies slightly based on where the shortcut icon is located. Desktop shortcut icon: Right-click the shortcut icon and select Properties from the drop-down menu that appears.

It opens a window that's not maximized. Please, Microsoft: Fix this in an update release! It's really frustrating to have this happen all the time. Thank you! Was this reply helpful? Yes No. Sorry this didn't help. Thanks for your feedback. Tim Eckerman. This thread is locked. You can follow the question or vote as helpful, but you cannot reply to this thread. Choose any link on that webpage and right-click, select open in a new window.

Close the first IE window. Then close that second resized window. This should take care of the problem. This does not work for all browsers shown, as soon as Vista closes, and restarts, any changes made are as they were when it restarts.

I use Firefox, which this works for, as long as it is the default browser. My original reason was to open all my folders and files views Maximized. Another simple way is to: Oppen a Doc, broswer page or whatever. Maximise it apologies if you cannot Click on Cntrl AND then close it using the the Close red cross button at the top right of the screen.

I have been happy with a little start-up application free! I opened Incredimail and manually changed it to the size I wanted. Then clicked Control and the X to shut down. Then reopened and it opened exactly the size I wanted. Didnt like it maximized. This happened to me once before but for some reason I was able to maximize the page again? I tried what you said to do on here.. This is for Windows 7 Right click on your internet explorer icon then mouse up to internet explorer and right click on it.

Then click properites then go to the shortcut tab in the drop down box you will see run more than likly saying normal wind change it to maximized save and your done!

Thanks a lot that worked for me whereas all the other solutions did not solve this frustrating problem. LOL, Thanks for the memory jogger. I recall holding a key down while closing, but forgot which key. Also, this only works when you manually resize the window instead of clicking the maximize button. I tried the solution in IE browser properties.

I tried draging it and starting it with the cnt. I tried draging it and starting it with the shift button,but still comes up minimized. Apply these instructions to your web browser, which ever one you are using. I am beginning to appreciate more and more good advice that works — I love it when my life gets simpler and I can move on from being stuck esp with technology — thanks again —.

I have tried every thing recommended here, believe me, only Mr Pete Ross method works. Two minor things though, when Mr.