New Windows opening .. half page?

Mikeyorks

Since about a week ago .. any new Window that opens in IE is half size (full width / half height). IE opens normally (full page .. not full screen) - it's just new pages

Responds to the maximise button - but it's getting a bit irritating. Started part way through a browsing session - so I don't think it's anything I've loaded / changed.

Looked at every setting I can think of but nothing that comes close. Did find this link (identical - except looks as though this 2002 problem had IE starting half page?) - but neither fix appears to work with mine.

http://www.tiscali.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?p=262488

Did Email Orange (ISP) who helpfully replied ' ..it's a PC setting - and outside our Support remit. Thank you for writing to us' !!

IE6 / XP (Home). Can anyone offer a solution, please?

Chippy_Minton

See http://groups.google.co.uk/group/microsoft.public.windows.inetexplorer.ie6.browser/browse_frm/thread/12944f38763c7f4e

albertross_2

maximise it, hold down control, and close it by clicking on the x in the top right.

Mikeyorks

Chippy-Minton

That looks a bit like something I don't fancy trying tonight. But much appreciate the research (I'm sick of looking at the Microsoft database) - many thanks. Will give some of the solutions a whirl tomorrow.

Thanks again.

Mike

Mikeyorks

albertross wrote:

maximise it, hold down control, and close it by clicking on the x in the top right.

Done that, included a re-boot, but no change. Still half size windows peering at me?

Will try again tomorrow - been a long (decorating) day. Thanks

redux

It was mentioned on a thread recently. I think it went -

use the cursor to stretch the new window to the desired size

close the first window (eg this one, if you click the link above)

close the second window

I may have remembered it slightly wrong, but it seemed to work when I did it just now

DuncanMiller

what redux is saying is pretty much right.

open your new window but dont maximise it.

drag the window to the top left corner of the screen then drag the bottom right corner of your window to the bottom right of the screen. Your window should now be "full Screen". If you now click close WITH OUT clicking maximise first it should now open up full screen each time.

Mikeyorks

Apologies for the time taken to respond. Been up to my ears in plasterers / joiners all week - and too fed up to risk getting a worse problem.

Did try the easy fix of simply pulling the window into place with the cursor. Worked for that IE session - but back to half pages when IE closed and re-opened.

However - suddenly (having done that for each new window) it's back to normal. Must have got the elastic properly around the corners, last time I stretched it??;)

Really grateful for all your help. Many thanks (and from the OH - who was blaming me)

Mike