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| Thread ID: 36413 | 2003-08-09 10:36:00 | IE6 Resizing Secondry Windows | theoldfarter (1792) | Press F1 |
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| 166387 | 2003-08-09 10:36:00 | XP Pro. The main window in IE6 (SP1) first opens up to it's maximum size.....cool If I r/click a link & choose 'open in new window' or hold shift & click on the link, the resulting window opens a few millimetres smaller on the sides. the top is fine but the bottom of it sits on top of the Task Bar (see the blue border). I want to have my secondary windows open as large as the main ones. I have searched the Internet & tried various 'fixs', to no avail. I won't list the 'fixs' here as it will be quicker to just try whatever advice comes my way. Feel free to suggest anything, no advice to insignificent. |
theoldfarter (1792) | ||
| 166388 | 2003-08-09 10:45:00 | Right click any URL and select Open in a New Window. Go back to the first IE5 window you opened and close it. Return to the second window and manually drag it to fill the screen. (Do not use the maximize button) Close this second window, using the close box. All IE5 windows should now open maximized. |
Jim B (153) | ||
| 166389 | 2003-08-09 10:56:00 | > Return to the second window and manually drag it to fill the screen. > (Do not use the maximize button) A quick way to do this is to right click empty part of taskbar and choose Tile Windows Horizontally. Ensure no other windows are open of course. |
Fire-and-Ice (3910) | ||
| 166390 | 2003-08-09 11:02:00 | Thanks for your speedy reply. I followed your instructions & now both Main & Secondary windows open in the smaller version, i.e Main is now the same size as the Secondry one was.LOL Next suggestion please. I will now try Fire-&-Ice's suggestion |
theoldfarter (1792) | ||
| 166391 | 2003-08-09 11:12:00 | Fire-and-Ice Your suggestion has no effect....I mean, nothing moves at all...no changes! |
theoldfarter (1792) | ||
| 166392 | 2003-08-09 11:15:00 | Strange that Jim B's suggestion did not work. Maybe try closing all windows, open Internet Explorer and do the right-click thing to make the window fill the screen, then hold down Shift and close IE using the X at top right of window. Reopen IE. It *should* now fill the screen. |
Fire-and-Ice (3910) | ||
| 166393 | 2003-08-09 11:17:00 | I have got the main window back to opening large. The main page has 3 buttons at top right. The middle one shows a 'box-on-box'. When I open a secondary page, the middle button shows as a 'single box'. Doing the above 'fixs' to that secondary page does not work. Further suggestiuons, please. |
theoldfarter (1792) | ||
| 166394 | 2003-08-09 11:22:00 | Well that has got me stumped . My suggestion works for me OK in IE, that is, all new windows open the same size as the original no matter how I open them . How about you go to Windows Explorer and do my little trick in there? Windows Explorer is very closely tied in with Internet Explorer . Once again, ensure that no other windows (including IE) are open when you try it . If that doesn't work, I am beaten . |
Fire-and-Ice (3910) | ||
| 166395 | 2003-08-09 11:24:00 | Have done the "r/click thing' & shift/close....makes no difference. When I open IE the first time, it shows as a full window. If I r/click on the taskbar & choose 'tile windows horizontally, it changes the window to the smaller one. Mmmm....? |
theoldfarter (1792) | ||
| 166396 | 2003-08-09 11:34:00 | If it shows as a full window then you should not need to do the Tile windows horizontally thing. The trick is NOT to maximise the window. The first window needs to be set to the size that you want subsequent windows to open and it must be closed before it will work on subsequent windows. | Fire-and-Ice (3910) | ||
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