Internet Explorer Full Screen?

[me]

I have Internet Explorer V8 and a shortcut to www.ancestry.com on my
desktop. When I click on the former I get a full (maximum) screen
nicely. When I click on the latter, I get a small (minimum) screen.
If I maximize the latter, exit, and return to it, I get the small
screen again. Can I get it to remember that I want it full screen?

I am using XP SP3.

Thank you

yessir

 

[VanguardLH]

I have Internet Explorer V8 and a shortcut to www.ancestry.com on my
desktop. When I click on the former I get a full (maximum) screen
nicely. When I click on the latter, I get a small (minimum) screen.
If I maximize the latter, exit, and return to it, I get the small
screen again. Can I get it to remember that I want it full screen?

I am using XP SP3.

And what did you set for the window size in the shortcut?

 

[me]

And what did you set for the window size in the shortcut?

maximum

 

[VanguardLH]

maximum

What is the command line (target field) for what program (and its
parameters) get ran when you use that shortcut?

Are you directly calling the iexplore.exe file, as in: "c:\program
files\internet explorer\iexplore.exe" www.ancestry.com

By the way, maximized (for a window with borders) and fullscreen (for a
borderless window) are NOT the same thing. In IE, hit the F11 key to
toggle between normal and fullscreen view modes.

 

[me]

What is the command line (target field) for what program (and its
parameters) get ran when you use that shortcut?

Are you directly calling the iexplore.exe file, as in:"c:\program
files\internet explorer\iexplore.exe" www.ancestry.com

my shortcut to

"c:\program files\internet explorer\iexplore.exe" www.ancestry.com
will not work (fails to connect).

and my shortcut to

http:\www.ancestry.com

connects, but acts the same way - ie minimized window, and maximizing
it is not remembered.

By the way, maximized (for a window with borders) and fullscreen (for a
borderless window) are NOT the same thing. In IE, hit the F11 key to
toggle between normal and fullscreen view modes.

I never knew this. Thanx

 

[VanguardLH]

my shortcut to

"c:\program files\internet explorer\iexplore.exe" www.ancestry.com

will not work (fails to connect).

"Fails to connect" means what? That IE doesn't load? That you see an
error message of "program not found"? That IE load and issues an error
message? What?

That command works on every computer I use at home and work. The format
is "<path>\iexplore.exe <url>".

What I showed uses the default path for IE on Windows XP. I don't know
where iexplore.exe is located on your host. You will need to specify
whatever path of where is iexplore.exe on your host.

and my shortcut to

http:\www.ancestry.com

Which means you are using whatever is configured as the default web
browser and which may not be IE.

connects, but acts the same way - ie minimized window, and maximizing
it is not remembered.

You first need to be sure you can run iexplore.exe from wherever it is
located on your host. Only you know what security software you might've
installed or what tweaks you applied that might affect registry entries
for loading IE from the registry entries. Load IE from the command line
and see what happens from there.

Have you tried loading IE in its no add-ons mode?
Have you tried rebooting into Windows' safe mode (with networking)?

 

[me]

"Fails to connect" means what? That IE doesn't load? That you see an
error message of "program not found"? That IE load and issues an error
message? What?

That command works on every computer I use at home and work. The format
is "<path>\iexplore.exe <url>".

What I showed uses the default path for IE on Windows XP. I don't know
where iexplore.exe is located on your host. You will need to specify
whatever path of where is iexplore.exe on your host.


Which means you are using whatever is configured as the default web
browser and which may not be IE.


You first need to be sure you can run iexplore.exe from wherever it is
located on your host. Only you know what security software you might've
installed or what tweaks you applied that might affect registry entries
for loading IE from the registry entries. Load IE from the command line
and see what happens from there.

Have you tried loading IE in its no add-ons mode?
Have you tried rebooting into Windows' safe mode (with networking)?

I have a desktop icon whose properties' target says "C:\Program
Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe". It works fine and always
starts with a maximized window.

I have another desktop icon whose properties' URL says
"http://www.ancestry.com/" and shortcut "none". It works fine but
starts with a minimized window.. I can maximize the window, but next
time it is minimized again.

Firefox runs the same way.

Thanks

yes

 

[VanguardLH]

I have a desktop icon whose properties' target says "C:\Program
Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe". It works fine and always
starts with a maximized window.

I have another desktop icon whose properties' URL says
"http://www.ancestry.com/" and shortcut "none". It works fine but
starts with a minimized window.. I can maximize the window, but next
time it is minimized again.

Firefox runs the same way.

Thanks

yes

You have one shortcut to a *program*. Apparently the other shortcut
only specifies a URL and no program (so Windows has to associate a
program to load to then connect to the URL).

What happens when you delete the URL shortcut and create a new one? If
that doesn't work, well, you know that a shortcut to the iexplore.exe
program will work.

 

[Twayne]

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I have a desktop icon whose properties' target says
"C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe". It
works fine and always starts with a maximized window.

I have another desktop icon whose properties' URL says
"http://www.ancestry.com/" and shortcut "none". It
works fine but starts with a minimized window.. I can
maximize the window, but next time it is minimized again.

Firefox runs the same way.

Thanks

yes

In the shortcut, there should be an option to "open maximized".

 

[VanguardLH]

In other words - the URL _inside_ the quote marks.

No, that's a statement within a sentence and the quotes were used to
differentiate the portion that is the *command*. You don't understand
how command syntax works? You've never delineated a quoted section
within a sentence? English isn't your native language? Okay, since
that's a problem for you, below is the syntax:

["]<path>\iexplore.exe["] <url>

The quotes are needed if <path> includes space characters. The <url>
does not need to be quoted because space characters are not valid (the
%20 hex character is used for a space in a URL).

Think about it: you are specifying the *command* in the target field of
a shortcut. If you put the URL string inside the same quoted string as
the program then both the program and url are the program to load.
Nope, one is the program is the other is a parameter given to the
program.

Here's an example of a shortcut used to load the weather.com site using
IE:

"%programfiles%\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe" http://www.weather.com/

If you put the URL inside the quoted string, guess what you get: "The
filename, directory name, or volume label syntax is incorrect." Why?
Because there is no program named "iexplore.exe http://www.weather.com"
in the specified path. Remember that you're using Windows and spaces
ARE allowed in filenames, so the command you specified with the URL
inside the quotes was a .com file that had a space in the filename - and
that's not the case.

 

[VanguardLH]

In the shortcut, there should be an option to "open maximized".

Me said in his 2nd post that this didn't work. His problematic shortcut
doesn't specify what program to run so the URL type gets associated with
a handler (the web browser) through the registry. I figure he should
try deleting the bad shortcut and recreate a new one to see if the new
one works; else, use a shortcut that specifies iexplore.exe to load the
site since he said that works.

 

[Twayne]

In

Me said in his 2nd post that this didn't work. His
problematic shortcut doesn't specify what program to run
so the URL type gets associated with a handler (the web
browser) through the registry. I figure he should try
deleting the bad shortcut and recreate a new one to see
if the new one works; else, use a shortcut that specifies
iexplore.exe to load the site since he said that works.

Right, I agree. Sorry I missed that.

I was wondering too if there might be a mixup in some minds over the
difference between creating a folder or a shortcut on the desktop. With a
shortcut you get to give a starting folder, window size and flags for what
the window shows that opens.
Folders don't allow those niceties.

Just a thought.

HTH,

Twayne`