-----Original Message-----
When I click on hyperlink that causes a new window to
open up, this window is always sized to a very small
square. I can drag the sides to make it bigger or right
click on it and choose the maximize option. But how can
I make this window open naturally to a bigger size?
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Default Size of Subsequent IE Windows
The first Internet Explorer window size is usually
maximized, the subsequent window size is not maximized
which opens when you click on a hyperlink (or SHIFT +
Click on a link), or go to File>New>Window (or press CTRL
+ N). You can set the default size for this window by
doing the following:
1. Start Internet Explorer, and open a web page with
visible hyperlinks.
2. Left-click on a hyperlink while holding down the SHIFT
button - this guarantees that it will open in a new IE
window. Alternatively open a new window by going to
File>New and selecting Window.
3. Now hold down the SHIFT key and resize this window
however you like it. If you want to size it so it fills
the entire screen, don't use the maximize button, resize
it manually until it's the same size as a maximized window.
4. Still holding SHIFT, click on the File menu and select
Close - don't use the close button on the top right corner
of the window.
Internet Explorer should now remember the size and
position of any new windows each time you open them. Note
that if your system isn't saving windows sizes/positions
after a reboot, use the 'Folder views not being saved'
tweak under the Windows Explorer section.
Folder Views Not Being Saved
Sometimes you'll change a folder view, its position, or
one of the folder's display options and upon rebooting the
changes haven't been saved. The first thing to do is go to
Control Panel>Folder Options and under the View tab make
sure that 'Remember each folder's view settings' is ticked.
However even with this setting ticked you'll wind up with
unsaved settings - I know from personal experience. Before
using this tweak, every time I opened Control Panel it
would show Details view and not Icons view, no matter how
many times I changed it back to Icon view. The way to fix
this problem is to open Regedit and go to the following
sub-folders:
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\ShellNoRoam\B
agMRU]
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\ShellNoRoam\B
ags]
Right-click on each one (i.e. BagMRU and Bags) and select
Delete to get rid of both of them. Reboot your PC and set
up each of your folders as you like it. These settings
should now be saved and restored on the next reboot. By
deleting the registry entries above Windows is forced to
recreate them and in doing so get rid of corruption and
bad entries, typically caused by third-party programs.
