Dear Forum,

After a fresh installation of Windows 98SE, when I open a

WINDOWS Explorer window, it would be about 8 1/2 inches tall and

About 12 1/2 inches wide on my 17 inch monitor.

However, when I open any more windows, THEY come out to about

6 1/2 inches tall and about 8 1/2 inches wide.

I know there is an answer that works, as my old installation

Of Windows 98SE had all of my Windows Explorer windows opening

The same 8 1/2 by 12 1/2 size. I just can't recall what I did

To make it behave correctly.

Help!

Thanks in advance.

Ben

Hi, Ben,
Try this:

If Internet Explorer will not open a window as "Maximized", then the following might help:

The default behavior for Internet Explorer is to open at the same size it was at the last time it was closed. While the default does apply in many cases it's not always consistent. Try the following workaround.
Open a single Internet Explorer window to the smaller size.
Drag the corners of the window until it completely fills the screen. Do not use the maximize button to enlarge the window.
Hold down the Ctrl key, keep it depressed, and using the mouse click File and then Exit on the menu bar. Do not use the "X" in the upper right corner to close the window.
Internet Explorer should now open in a full window.
If it still opens to a smaller size repeat the above instructions, substituting the "Shift" key for the "Ctrl" key.

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Best wishes,
fredg

Dear Forum,

Below are all of the suggestions that I have tried

and none worked.

Any new suggestions out there?


Ben


When the other windows open at 6.5 x 8.5 resize them to
the size that you’d like (8.5 x 12.5) and then hold down
the CTRL key while clicking the "X" in the upper right
hand corner of the window to close it. This is called a
‘hard close’ and Windows should remember the window state
when it’s opened again.
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Did you try to remove "remember each folder's view setting"
option? Tools\folder option\view "tab"
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Try resizing the windows, holding down Control, and X out
the windows.
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Maximize Windows Explorer and then close it.
The app remembers its window size when it was last
closed, and it will open new windows the same size.
Ditto for Internet Explorer.
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Try holding Shift when closing from the File menu. Or is it
ctrl?. try both
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Make it the size you want and then click File > Close.
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Each window you open is for a new folder and that folders
display is remembered. So the first time you open it you
will have to adust it to the size you want. You could
change the view options to browse folders in a single
window instead ro right click and chose explore when
opening from my computer. I usually do this anyway.

Note.. After getting this, I opened 5 Windows, made them
all 8.5 x 12.5 and X'd them closed. #2 and on came out
6.5 x 8.5. Same result using File-Close. :-(
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(1) Open Windows Explorer (or open any folder)
(2) Click View & choose Folder Options
(3) Click the General tab
(4) Select "Custom, based on settings you choose"
(5) Click Settings
(6) In the Custom Settings box under "Browse folders as follows"
select "Open each folder in the same window" & then click OK
(7) Click Close on the Folder Options box

Have you tried dumping IE and going to Firefox anyway? So actually what your saying IE opens at only one size. You can't go up to the corner and just maximize it? Or right click and maximize it on the window tab? Actually when you open IE and make it full sized and just close it, it remebers that and opens up or should open up the same way even if you shut the computer down and restart.

Hi,
I didn't see where you had tried:
Hold down the Ctrl key, click on File at the top, then click on Close, while still holding down the Ctrl key. This is of course, after you have dragged the window to the size you want it.

fredg