Opening Minimized

[Chat]

I am running Windows XP SP2 - Internet Explorer 6 - with all the latest
updates. Recently I began to have a problem with new windows in IE opening
minimized. I use the double headed arrows to manually maximize the windows,
use File - Close, as I have been doing all along - BUT - this has not fixed
the minimized windows as it had been doing all along. Once I close and
re-open IE, back to the new windows opening minimized. IE always opens ok -
maximized. This situation seems to have arisen since installing update
KB834707 on 10/14. I am not 100% sure of this timing.

Any suggestions appreciated. TIA

Bill

 

[Jan Il]

Hi Chat

Try the following and see if it helps:

Resizing Windows -

Open a new window maximised (right click "open in new window" or windows
from hyperlinks)
http://inetexplorer.mvps.org/answers.htm#new_window_max

or..............

Courtesy of Jim Byrd:

"Close all windows EXCEPT the one that opens "minimized"; right click on
your Task Bar, either on the open space on the right or left end (your
choice); select "Tile Windows Horizontally" and IE will maximize; close IE.
Re-open IE and it will be maximized. Just showed a buddy this trick
yesterday and works like a charm. Enjoy."

It does work like a charm, but it isn't quite a normal "maximize" just a
full screen with a border. However, it does subsequently hold that.

There's also AutoSizer, free, here: http://www.southbaypc.com/ (what I
use, BTW)

or....Courtesy of PA Bear

IE New Window Maximizer
http://www.jiisoft.com/iemaximizer/

or..........

Courtesy of a Frank Saunders post:

"From: http://www.fjsmjs.com/IE/offpos.htm

Symptom: IE opens a maximized window shifted down and to the right.

Remove any 'Auto-hide' option for the taskbar and while the window is
maximized, resize the taskbar then return it to the desired size. This is to
try to make Windows re-calculate the window size and boundaries.

If no joy, run regedit and remove these registry key values:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\window_placement

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

Then reboot.

or.....................

Coutesy of Alan Edwards -

Try stretching the small window to full size. (Do not use Maximize)
Ensure that window is the last one closed and IE should remember the
size next time.

or.............

Courtesy of Ramesh -

Try resetting the placement values using this fix:
http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/ResetWindowPlacement.reg

Making default IE window size bigger
http://forum.aumha.org/viewtopic.php?t=8049

or.............

In the last window to be closed only, pass the cursor over the right side of
the screen until you get a two ended arrow <---> (Do not use Maximize), then
hold the left mouse button down and drag the edge of the screen to the right
as far as you want it. Then do the same on all the other sides until it
fills the screen.

Use the "launch IE Browser" shortcut, you can R-click>properties>run
Maximized>apply>OK out. That works as well.

also ........

Courtesy of Robert Aldwinckle:

Do *not* to maximize the window when you want to preserve a window's normal
properties. From your description is sounds as if you may be getting
temporary persistence of a window's maximized properties. In that case a
window's normal properties would be unchanged. In order to save a window's
normal properties you have to close the window in normal mode; further, if
there are any other windows open in normal mode still open their properties
will be preserved when they close. So if you aren't making sure that
iexplore.exe is no longer an active process (e.g. using Task Manager) after
you close your modified window that could also explain your symptom even if
you are making your modifications
on a normal mode window.

Another possibility is that your user profile is not yours to change or
something equivalent is inhibiting updates. In that case check with your
Administrator (e.g. ask if a "mandatory profile" is in effect) or see if a
replacement user profile can be created.

See item 4, Testing User Profiles, in the following article for related
information.

<title>KB281770 - How to Perform Clean-Boot Troubleshooting for Windows
2000</title>

or ....................

Setting Internet Explorer Window Size
http://www.onecomputerguy.com/ie_tips.htm#window_size

or.........

Courtesy of Charlie Tame:
http://www.charlietame.org/ie/windowsize.htm

New Internet Explorer Window Opens Partially Off the Screen
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;194759

Download and run the REG file
http://www.mvps.org/sramesh2k/IEFAQ.htm#IEMax


If these steps do not resolve your problem, please post back to this thread
with the details and any error messages.

Hope this helps

Jan
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[Robert Aldwinckle]

Any suggestions appreciated. TIA

Please check your assumption. Is the window really minimized
or just an undisplayed otherwise normal window?

Use the window's Taskbar icon to check.
E.g., right click it and consider the menu items.

If you see Restore available and Minimize greyed
then you are correct, the window is minimized.

However, often users mistake another case for "minimized".
E.g. if Restore is not available but all the other items are,
the window is a normal window, just not visible for some reason.
Usually, the case is that it is either off the screen, in which case
you could use the Move menu item, or it is reduced to such a tiny size
(perhaps as small as a single pixel) that although it is somewhere
on the display it is not noticeable. In either case you could use the
Size menu item to make the window more visible and shaped to your
liking.

In order to make your new shape persistent you must close this
window. Further, in order for this shape to survive a boot (and
assuming no other intervention at startup) it must be the *last*
IE window closed. So verify when you close it that iexplore.exe
stops being an active process, e.g. using Task Manager's
Processes tab. If there is another hidden IE task which gets
closed last its properties will be the ones which persist and
be assigned to the next opened IE window.


If you determine that the window is a normal mode window but you seem
unable to resize or move it without it "hiding" again, it is very likely that
the window is under program control by a malware site. Try disconnecting
from the network and changing your security settings to disallow scripting.
(That would be the most trivial case of program control; other more
advanced techniques would have to be eradicated by some of the
third-party tools you may have seen others suggesting to people
who recognize that their systems have been infiltrated by spyware,
malware, etc.)


HTH

Robert Aldwinckle