"flexser" <flexser.3h6v3b@DoNotSpam.com> wrote in message news:flexser.3h6v3b@DoNotSpam.com...
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> I had this problem under Windows XP for a long time, but finally
> discovered a solution.  Windows Explorer takes the size of its window
> from how Internet (sic) Explorer appeared when it was last closed.  To
> make Windows Explorer default to opening maximized, open Internet
> Explorer, maximize it, and then close it.  (If you close IE with a
> full-screen F11 view, Windows Explorer will open with icons instead of
> menus.)
>
> Art
>
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> I'm talking about Windows Explorer, whose behavior is inexplicably tied
> in with Internet Explorer.  I understand your confusion, because this
> seems utterly illogical to me, but that's how it seems to work.  The
> suggestion regarding the shift key didn't work for me, but this does.
> However Internet Explorer looked, with regard to window size, when it
> was closed, that's how Windows Explorer will look when it is next
> opened.
>
> Art
>
>

> How interesting. The window size for Windows Explorer on my copy of
> Windows XP has no relationship to the size of the last Internet
> Explorer
> window. And I can't recall any such relationship between Windows
> Explorer and Internet Explorer in all the years I've been using them.
> ---
> Leonard Grey
> Errare humanum est
>
> "A Day in the Life of a Web 2.0 Hacker" - PC Magazine
> http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2330952,00.asp
>
> flexser wrote:
> > I'm talking about Windows Explorer, whose behavior is inexplicably
> tied
> > in with Internet Explorer.  I understand your confusion, because
> this
> > seems utterly illogical to me, but that's how it seems to work.  The
> > suggestion regarding the shift key didn't work for me, but this
> does.
> > However Internet Explorer looked, with regard to window size, when
> it
> > was closed, that's how Windows Explorer will look when it is next
> > opened.
> >
> > Art
> >
> >

"Leonard Grey" wrote:

> How interesting. The window size for Windows Explorer on my copy of
> Windows XP has no relationship to the size of the last Internet Explorer
> window. And I can't recall any such relationship between Windows
> Explorer and Internet Explorer in all the years I've been using them.
> ---
> Leonard Grey
> Errare humanum est
>
> "A Day in the Life of a Web 2.0 Hacker" - PC Magazine
> http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2330952,00.asp
>
> flexser wrote:
> > I'm talking about Windows Explorer, whose behavior is inexplicably tied
> > in with Internet Explorer.  I understand your confusion, because this
> > seems utterly illogical to me, but that's how it seems to work.  The
> > suggestion regarding the shift key didn't work for me, but this does.
> > However Internet Explorer looked, with regard to window size, when it
> > was closed, that's how Windows Explorer will look when it is next
> > opened.
> >
> > Art
> >
> >
>

"flexser" wrote:

>
> I had this problem under Windows XP for a long time, but finally
> discovered a solution.  Windows Explorer takes the size of its window
> from how Internet (sic) Explorer appeared when it was last closed.  To
> make Windows Explorer default to opening maximized, open Internet
> Explorer, maximize it, and then close it.  (If you close IE with a
> full-screen F11 view, Windows Explorer will open with icons instead of
> menus.)
>
> Art
>
>
> --
> flexser
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