Maximising from shortcut

When I open the BBC site from its shortcut on my desktop, generally I need to
maximise it to fill the screen. I have looked in the shortcut's properties
and there is no option I can see to maximise it as a setting so that it will
be full-size each time I use it.

Could anyone advise me how I could do this?

Thank you.

IE in Taskbar and Properties\General and select the Run box to show maximized

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"Amos Keeto" <AmosKeeto@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> When I open the BBC site from its shortcut on my desktop, generally I need to
> maximise it to fill the screen. I have looked in the shortcut's properties
> and there is no option I can see to maximise it as a setting so that it will
> be full-size each time I use it.
>
> Could anyone advise me how I could do this?
>
> Thank you.

Press ALT+Spacebar+X. That will maximize it. Supposedly there are ways
to make a permanent setting - I tried them and they did not work. This
is one method that seems to work for some people: "Open Windows Explorer
and keep hold of Shift or CTRL and double click on the icon located top
left. This should hopefully set the default window size".


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whs

Hello Peter,

Thank you for your very quick reply. I have done what you suggested but it
doesn't work in this instance.

I have two IE8 shortcuts - one on the desktop for the missus, and one on the
taskbar and I have made sure that both show maximised, then I checked Apply
and OK.

The BBC page still comes up less than full size.

I went round the board on my desktop, checked all the shortcuts and the BBC
one is a bit of a one-off. It is the only one that does not have the choices
of size in Properties/shortcut/run like the others have. Why? I haven't a
clue.

Regards,

Amos.


"Peter Foldes" wrote:

> IE in Taskbar and Properties\General and select the Run box to show maximized
>
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> Peter
>
> Please Reply to Newsgroup for the benefit of others
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> "Amos Keeto" <AmosKeeto@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> newsF200155-7F50-44F5-B2DB-CBD3BE7F557F@microsoft.com...
> > When I open the BBC site from its shortcut on my desktop, generally I need to
> > maximise it to fill the screen. I have looked in the shortcut's properties
> > and there is no option I can see to maximise it as a setting so that it will
> > be full-size each time I use it.
> >
> > Could anyone advise me how I could do this?
> >
> > Thank you.
>
>

Then grab the corner with your mouse and stretch it out to your liking

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"Amos Keeto" <AmosKeeto@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Hello Peter,
>
> Thank you for your very quick reply. I have done what you suggested but it
> doesn't work in this instance.
>
> I have two IE8 shortcuts - one on the desktop for the missus, and one on the
> taskbar and I have made sure that both show maximised, then I checked Apply
> and OK.
>
> The BBC page still comes up less than full size.
>
> I went round the board on my desktop, checked all the shortcuts and the BBC
> one is a bit of a one-off. It is the only one that does not have the choices
> of size in Properties/shortcut/run like the others have. Why? I haven't a
> clue.
>
> Regards,
>
> Amos.
>
>
> "Peter Foldes" wrote:
>
>> IE in Taskbar and Properties\General and select the Run box to show maximized
>>
>> --
>> Peter
>>
>> Please Reply to Newsgroup for the benefit of others
>> Requests for assistance by email can not and will not be acknowledged.
>>
>> "Amos Keeto" <AmosKeeto@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> newsF200155-7F50-44F5-B2DB-CBD3BE7F557F@microsoft.com...
>> > When I open the BBC site from its shortcut on my desktop, generally I need to
>> > maximise it to fill the screen. I have looked in the shortcut's properties
>> > and there is no option I can see to maximise it as a setting so that it will
>> > be full-size each time I use it.
>> >
>> > Could anyone advise me how I could do this?
>> >
>> > Thank you.
>>
>>