IE6 windows

[aristorias]

I am using internet exploer 6 with xp. When clicking on a link to a new site the window opens minimised. How do I get it to open full screen?

Thanks:confused:

[pentachris]

Does it open minimized or restored? Without a third-party app running in the background, there's no way to get new browser windows to open full-screen, or even maximized for that matter.

[Paul Komski]

F11 will toggle full screen.

Dragging the window to almost maximised and closing it while pressing down the shift key should save that size/position for when the window is next opened.

Entering a javascript line such as:-

javascript:if(parseInt(navigator.appVersion)>3) top.resizeTo(600,400);

into the address bar and saving it as a favorite called, say M, will allow the IE window to be resized to 600x400 (or whatever) by entereing M in the address bar.

The funny thing is that there is a way to configure a shortcut to open a window maximised but no simple way to get a hyperlink to do this. Hmmm.

He he: even alt+space then x will maximise but still nowhere nearer to getting the hyperlink to do it.

To prevent opening minimised, open an IE window and maximise it, then open another IE window and maximise it. Go back to the first window and close it then close the second window. This should stick until you resize or restore a window.

[shanmuga]

There are couple of ways to achieve, what you wish.
1. Close all instances of open IE6 windows except one.
2. Rightclick a link and click 'open in a new window'.
3. Now, manually resize the window to the desired size, by dragging the sides.Don't use the maximize button.
4. Now try open a link in a new "window", it should now be the desired size.

OR

Copy and Paste the following line in to Start > Run

javascript:window.open(screen.availWidth,screen.av ailHeight)

Two new IE6 windows should open, make sure that you close the javascript window last.

OR

If you are comfortable with editing the registry,

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main]
"Window_Placement"=

Right-click on "Window_Placement" and select: Delete
Note: Remember to backup the registry before you try the above.

Please post back the results, aristorias. :p

[aristorias]

Thanks to Shanmuga,Paul Komski and Pentachris for some good advice.
In the end, and having no idea how to change Java, I plumped for Shanmugas right click suggestion which has done the trick.

Thanks again guys.:D