IE minimized permanently

[Guest]

hi all

whenever i d/click on desktop ie icon, or single click on the taskbar ie
icon, the browser AND dial-up dialogue box start and remain minimized.

i have tried right clicking and re-sizing, maximizing, restoring etc.,
checked "run" values in shortcut icon, and no luck. now using firefox to post
this question. im assuming i picked up a nasty somewhere, but ad-aware and
spybot both come up clean.

any help appreciated.

 

[Unk]

hi all

whenever i d/click on desktop ie icon, or single click on the taskbar ie
icon, the browser AND dial-up dialogue box start and remain minimized.

i have tried right clicking and re-sizing, maximizing, restoring etc.,
checked "run" values in shortcut icon, and no luck. now using firefox to post
this question. im assuming i picked up a nasty somewhere, but ad-aware and
spybot both come up clean.

any help appreciated.

Courtesy of °Mike°

Open one instance of IE and then open a new window.
Close the original window. In the address box of the new window type the following (where
XXX,XXX is your screen resolution) and press ENTER.
(Example: 640,480 <- separated by a comma)


javascript:moveTo(0,0);resizeTo(XXX,XXX)

Hold the CTRL button and close the window (top right button).

 

[Drew Tognola]

gandalftheking,

Dialup issue:
* In IE, select Tools > Internet Options > Connections, select 'Never dial a
connection'. click OK

IE minimized issue:
* Open TweakUI - Download: http://windowsxp.mvps.org/admins.htm
* In TweakUI, expand 'General', select 'Focus'
* check 'Prevent applications from stealing focus', click OK
* Restart computer

 

[Guest]

i cannot open any explorer windows. thats the whole point. unfortunately the
"box" minimizes and stays iminimized, therefore i cannot type anything into
address bar.

sorry.

 

[Guest]

hyi. ive done what youve suggested but its not cured the problem
unfortunately. p.s. the 'Prevent applications from stealing focus' box was
already ticked, but i un-ticked it and ticked it again and re-booted. no joy.

 

[Frank Saunders, MS-MVP OE]

hi all

whenever i d/click on desktop ie icon, or single click on the taskbar ie
icon, the browser AND dial-up dialogue box start and remain minimized.

i have tried right clicking and re-sizing, maximizing, restoring etc.,
checked "run" values in shortcut icon, and no luck. now using firefox to
post
this question. im assuming i picked up a nasty somewhere, but ad-aware and
spybot both come up clean.

any help appreciated.

Click Start | Run and type
Regedit
and press <Enter>.

In the left pane navigate to

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\

In the right pane right click Window_Placement and select Delete.

Now, back in the left pane, navigate to

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Desktop\OldWorkAreas\

and delete OldWorkAreaRects the same way.

Then reboot.

 

[Guest]

that worked. thankyou very very much. ahhhhh back to ie! thanks again.

 

[Frank Saunders, MS-MVP OE]

that worked. thankyou very very much. ahhhhh back to ie! thanks again.

Thanks for the feedback.