Has anyone ever seen a user click on an item in the task bar and
Windows automatically minimize the current app and open the target app
in a non-maximized window?

We have user that insists that before we installed the latest
application on her PC, that when she had one app up on her screen, she
could click on another in her task bar and the first app would
minimize without effort from her and the one clicked on would come up
in a non-maximized window.

Does anyone know how to configure Windows to do this?
WinXP sp2

Thanks...
Ray

Ray wrote:
> Has anyone ever seen a user click on an item in the task bar and
> Windows automatically minimize the current app and open the target app
> in a non-maximized window?
>
> We have user that insists that before we installed the latest
> application on her PC, that when she had one app up on her screen, she
> could click on another in her task bar and the first app would
> minimize without effort from her and the one clicked on would come up
> in a non-maximized window.
>
> Does anyone know how to configure Windows to do this?
> WinXP sp2
>
> Thanks...
> Ray

You can set IE to always open in the same window..

Open Internet Properties, Advanced tab, select "Reuse windows for
launching shortcuts", which is approximately the 17th item on the list.
That should make IE, and possibly Explorer windows open in the same
window.

--
Joe =o)

If you can, it's somewhere in the registry.

Stevo

Thanks to all...
Personally - I think the user is a wee bit looney....
They'll just have to learn to run Windows like the rest of us...

Thanks Again
Ray

On Tue, 05 Jun 2007 08:44:31 -0400, Ray <(E-Mail Removed)>
wrote:

>Has anyone ever seen a user click on an item in the task bar and
>Windows automatically minimize the current app and open the target app
>in a non-maximized window?
>
>We have user that insists that before we installed the latest
>application on her PC, that when she had one app up on her screen, she
>could click on another in her task bar and the first app would
>minimize without effort from her and the one clicked on would come up
>in a non-maximized window.
>
>Does anyone know how to configure Windows to do this?
>WinXP sp2
>
>Thanks...
>Ray