Why do shortcuts open minimized

If the program has been written to minimize to the notification area in the system tray it'll show up there; otherwise, it'll minimize to your taskbar.

Be respectful, keep it civil and stay on topic. We delete comments that violate our policy , which we encourage you to read. Discussion threads can be closed at any time at our discretion. Look for the Screen Type option and set it to Full Screen. There is an option there for Safezone Size that affects display at the edges of the screen.

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Desktop shortcut icon: Right-click the shortcut icon and select Properties from the drop-down menu that appears. Taskbar shortcut icon: Forcing these applications to open as maximized requires an additional step. If changing the Run setting to maximized does not work, try the following options to get the program to open maximized.

Despite changing the Run option to "Maximized" in the shortcut properties, some program windows do not open as maximized. Thanks for any help you can give. Open a webpage. Stretch it out to full size.

Choose any link on that webpage and right-click, select open in a new window. Close the first IE window. Then close that second resized window. This should take care of the problem. This does not work for all browsers shown, as soon as Vista closes, and restarts, any changes made are as they were when it restarts. I use Firefox, which this works for, as long as it is the default browser.

My original reason was to open all my folders and files views Maximized. Another simple way is to: Oppen a Doc, broswer page or whatever. Maximise it apologies if you cannot Click on Cntrl AND then close it using the the Close red cross button at the top right of the screen. I have been happy with a little start-up application free! I opened Incredimail and manually changed it to the size I wanted.

Then clicked Control and the X to shut down. Then reopened and it opened exactly the size I wanted. Didnt like it maximized. This happened to me once before but for some reason I was able to maximize the page again? I tried what you said to do on here.. This is for Windows 7 Right click on your internet explorer icon then mouse up to internet explorer and right click on it. Then click properites then go to the shortcut tab in the drop down box you will see run more than likly saying normal wind change it to maximized save and your done!

Thanks a lot that worked for me whereas all the other solutions did not solve this frustrating problem. LOL, Thanks for the memory jogger. I recall holding a key down while closing, but forgot which key.

Also, this only works when you manually resize the window instead of clicking the maximize button. I tried the solution in IE browser properties. I tried draging it and starting it with the cnt. I tried draging it and starting it with the shift button,but still comes up minimized. Apply these instructions to your web browser, which ever one you are using. I am beginning to appreciate more and more good advice that works — I love it when my life gets simpler and I can move on from being stuck esp with technology — thanks again —.

I have tried every thing recommended here, believe me, only Mr Pete Ross method works.