Maximize ALL windows?

[je1058]

How do I set XP so that ALL windows I open are maximized, ALL of the
time? Currently, they open in the last "sized" mode I dragged them
to the last time I used it, which is very hard to manage.

 

[Mark L. Ferguson]

Use special shortcuts to always open them, and rightclick the shortcut,
Properties, and set the drop box for that to open Maxed.

 

[je1058]

Use special shortcuts to always open them, and rightclick the
shortcut,
Properties, and set the drop box for that to open Maxed.

I don’t understand that response. When I’m viewing the internet using
IE, there are a few sites I regularly use that open in a new window,
when the link is clicked. I want those windows to be maximized when
opening. Currently, they’re random.

I was wondering if there was a registry edit function or something
even simpler to accomplish this???

 

[David Candy]

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer
maximizeapps=1 as a dword

It will have wierd consequences.

 

[Mark L. Ferguson]

Yes, there is a way to add an item to the rightclick menu of any link on a
page, that opens a maxed window. Running this "MaxLink.vbs" script does
that. Paste it into notepad and save it. After you run the file, restart IE
and rightclick a link on some page, to look for the "Max Link Size IE" item


//--MaxLink.vbs---cut here--
// Mark L. Ferguson 2000 (e-mail address removed)
// free for non-commercial use
var vbOKCancel = 1;
var vbInformation = 64;
var vbCancel = 2;
var L_Welcome_MsgBox_Message_Text = "This script puts a maximize item on
the IE right click menu of a link.";
var L_Welcome_MsgBox_Title_Text = "Link Max Size IE";
Welcome();
var WSHShell = WScript.CreateObject("WScript.Shell");
WSHShell.RegWrite("HKEY_CURRENT_USER\\Software\\Microsoft\\Internet
Explorer\\MenuExt\\Link Max Size IE\\", "file://c:\\MaxLink.htm");
WSHShell.RegWrite("HKEY_CURRENT_USER\\Software\\Microsoft\\Internet
Explorer\\MenuExt\\Link Max Size IE\\Contexts", 0x20, "REG_DWORD");
var fso = WScript.CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject");
var f = fso.OpenTextFile("c:\\MaxLink.htm", 2, true);
f.WriteLine("<SCRIPT LANGUAGE='JScript' >");
f.WriteLine("var
hWin=open('javascript:window.resizeTo(screen.width,screen.height);window.moveTo(0,0)');");
f.WriteLine("hWin.navigate(external.menuArguments.event.srcElement.href);");
f.WriteLine("</SCRIPT>");
f.Close();
function Welcome() {
var WSHShell = WScript.CreateObject("WScript.Shell");
var intDoIt;
intDoIt = WSHShell.Popup(L_Welcome_MsgBox_Message_Text, 0,
L_Welcome_MsgBox_Title_Text, vbOKCancel + vbInformation );
if (intDoIt == vbCancel) {
WScript.Quit();
}
}
//--cut here--

 

[Mark L. Ferguson]

Well, I forgot that I wrote that file as a JS file, so name it " MaxLink.JS"
instead.

 

[je1058]

HKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwareMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionEx
plorer
maximizeapps=3D1 as a dword

It will have wierd consequences.
--=20
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http://www.uscricket.com

&nbsp;> > Use special shortcuts to always open them, and
rightclick the
&nbsp;> > shortcut,=20
&nbsp;> > Properties, and set the drop box for that to open
Maxed.
&nbsp;> >=20
&nbsp;> > --=20
&nbsp;> >=20
&nbsp;> > Mark L. Ferguson (NOT an MS-MVP)
&nbsp;> > marfers notes for windows xp=20
&nbsp;> > http://www.geocities.com/marfer_mvp/chatNotes.htm
&nbsp;> > ..
&nbsp;> > "je1058" &lt;[email protected]&gt;
wrote in message=20
&nbsp;> > &nbsp;&nbsp;> > > How do I set XP so that ALL windows I open
are maximized,
&nbsp;> > ALL of the
&nbsp;&nbsp;> > > time? Currently, they open in the last
"sized" mode I
&nbsp;> > dragged them
&nbsp;&nbsp;> > > to the last time I used it, which is very
hard to manage.
&nbsp;&nbsp;> > >
&nbsp;&nbsp;> > > --=20
&nbsp;&nbsp;> > > http://www.WindowsForumz.com/ This article
was posted by author's =
request
&nbsp;&nbsp;> > > Articles individually checked for
conformance to usenet
&nbsp;> > standards
&nbsp;&nbsp;> > > Topic URL:=20
&nbsp;&nbsp;> > > =
http://www.WindowsForumz.com/Help---Support-Maximize-windows-ftopict24218=
0.html
&nbsp;&nbsp;> > > Visit Topic URL to contact author (reg.
req'd). Report
&nbsp;> > abuse:=20
&nbsp;&nbsp;> > >
http://www.WindowsForumz.com/eform.php?p=3D736028
internet =
using

Mark - Thanks for your reply! I tried to copy what you sent and kept
getting errors. I got most of them soved but I’m stuck on line 8,
number 133 with "cannot use parantheses when calling a sub" Code:
800A0414

Here’s what I got after my editing:


var vbOKCancel = 1
var vbInformation = 64
var vbCancel = 2
var L_Welcome_MsgBox_Message_Text = "This script puts a maximize item
on the IE right click menu of a link."
var L_Welcome_MsgBox_Title_Text = "Link Max Size IE"
Welcome()
var WSHShell = WScript.CreateObject("WScript.Shell")
WSHShell.RegWrite("HKEY_CURRENT_USER\\Software\\Microsoft\\Inte
rnetExplorer\\MenuExt\\Link
Max Size IE\\", "file://c:\\MaxLink.htm")
WSHShell.RegWrite("HKEY_CURRENT_USER\\Software\\Microsoft\\Inte
rnetExplorer\\MenuExt\\Link
Max Size IE\\Contexts", 0x20, "REG_DWORD")
var fso = WScript.CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
var f = fso.OpenTextFile("c:\\MaxLink.htm", 2, true)
f.WriteLine("<SCRIPT LANGUAGE=’JScript’ >")
f.WriteLine("var
hWin=open(’javascript:window.resizeTo(screen.width,screen.height);wind
ow.moveTo(0,0)’);");

f.WriteLine("hWin.navigate(external.menuArguments.event.srcElement.hr
ef);");

f.WriteLine("</SCRIPT>")
f.Close()
function Welcome() {
var WSHShell = WScript.CreateObject("WScript.Shell")
var intDoIt
intDoIt = WSHShell.Popup(L_Welcome_MsgBox_Message_Text, 0,
L_Welcome_MsgBox_Title_Text, vbOKCancel + vbInformation )
if (intDoIt == vbCancel) {
WScript.Quit()
}
}

Please advise if this looks correct or what I need to do to make this
work.

THANKS!

 

[Mark L. Ferguson]

No, I posted later that you need that to be named a different filename. Nmae
it MaxLink.JS, not MaxLink.VBS