shorty Posted July 6, 2010 Share Posted July 6, 2010 Some time ago I had to reinstall Windows XP on my parents' PC. After that there has been a problem with Internet Explorer: It opens up fine but links, such as pictures, opens in a half sized window. I have tried shift/close - this takes care of the problem. But when IE is started the next time the problem is there again. I have searched the net - what I find is the above mentioned. What am I doing wrong? XP sp3 home edition IE8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rocky Posted July 6, 2010 Share Posted July 6, 2010 I think I remember a solution involving manually resizing (dragging) the window to full size, shut it down, then re-open it. Try that, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shorty Posted July 7, 2010 Author Share Posted July 7, 2010 I have tried dragging; dragging while holding shift; dragging while holding ctrl - same result, next window opens in half size !?! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnTC02 Posted July 7, 2010 Share Posted July 7, 2010 When I had XP I found that after maximizing the window then going to "file" then "exit" would sometimes fix it. Doing this saves the current state of the opened window, worth a try. There is one more thing you can try, go to the shortcut for IE which maybe be on you desktop or next to your "Start" button, right click on the icon and select "properties" then on the shortcut tab look for "Run" then in the dropdown menu select "Maximized" That's about all I can think of. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cpl Ledanek Posted July 8, 2010 Share Posted July 8, 2010 Solved!!!! don't forget very very important plug-in Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ROCO*AFZ* Posted July 8, 2010 Share Posted July 8, 2010 Solved!!!! don't forget very very important plug-in Firefox is not a fix. It's just avoiding the actual issue. Why not chrome or opera as firefox's fonts can really suck? We had to stop using it @ work because state agency sites fonts were all messed up. Anyway for IE which is what i use mainly. Try this link... has some help and a reg file for fixing that in IE. http://windowsxp.mvps.org/IEFAQ.htm#IEMax Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shorty Posted July 9, 2010 Author Share Posted July 9, 2010 Have tried #4 and #6 - the only success was with the IE New Window maximizer utility. The window still opens in half size, but is then forced into full size. Would like to know the reason for the problem though. No Microsoft employees playing Ghost recon? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cpl Ledanek Posted July 10, 2010 Share Posted July 10, 2010 is this the Maximizer you used? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shorty Posted July 11, 2010 Author Share Posted July 11, 2010 Correct - that is the one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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