windows stuck at maximal size Friday, January 30, 2004 at 7:17 pm Windows XP Annoyances Discussion Forum Posted by bluhboy (6 messages posted) Windows XP seems to get windows stuck at their maximized size without actually being maximized: they are in the variable size mode but just take up the entire desktop. This means the only way you can resize it is to (1) move it partially offscreen so you can grab a corner, (2) resize it to something smaller and (3) move it back since step (1) moved part of it off the desktop. Very annoying. Oftentimes, this happens when you've maximized the application and closed it so that the next time you start up, it starts up large taking up the entire desktop but *not* in a maximized state. What is really annoying, though, is when you haven't actually closed the application or when it just seems to decide that, having at some point been maximized, the next window brought up in the (multiple windows) application will be full-sized but not maximized. Amazing how the folks at Microsoft can introduce stupidities such as this. Anyone know of any patches or workarounds? Thanks. Responses to this message: re: windows stuck at maximal size (triplate: Friday, January 30, 2004 at 7:28 pm) re: windows stuck at maximal size (Ricer46: Friday, January 30, 2004 at 9:50 pm) All messages in this thread [show all] windows stuck at maximal size (bluhboy: Fri, Jan 30, 2004, 7:17 pm) re: windows stuck at maximal size (triplate: Fri, Jan 30, 2004, 7:28 pm) re: windows stuck at maximal size (bluhboy: Sat, Jan 31, 2004, 2:47 pm) re: windows stuck at maximal size (Ricer46: Fri, Jan 30, 2004, 9:50 pm) re: windows stuck at maximal size (bluhboy: Sat, Jan 31, 2004, 3:12 pm) re: windows stuck at maximal size (bluhboy: Wed, Feb 25, 2004, 4:20 am) Reply or follow-up to this message Search this forum Start a new thread on a different subject Report abuse of the forum Return to the Windows XP Discussion Forum