Stretch that second window out to the desired size- don’t use maximize. The game crashed and now my Steam is stuck minimized along with other randoms things, like I cant even open folders, well they open up but you can't see them I go to my taskbar to click and try to maximize them but it won't do anything. Viruses can sometime cause programs with programs opening correctly, including not opening as maximized. It stays in miniature on the bottom of the screen which only allows me to remove it from the taskbar or close it. Stretch it out to full size. Right-click the shortcut icon in the Window… Solved Windows won't open maximized. In the first table on the page, click the "Open Folder" button. The parts of the web browser you might be used to, like the Favorites bar, Address Bar, or Menu Bar, are hidden. This 'feature' may or may not be supported depending on the browser. Once it is open, press F11 on the keyboard to enter full-screen mode, it doesn't matter if the browser is maximized or only taking up part of the screen. This just started two days ago. If I mouse over the icons in the taskbar they expand to the little 1.5" x 1.5" mini window as shown in the screenshot (from another computer with W7 since I can't do it in W10). I can hover over the excess pixels and it gives me the option to stretch the window (double sided arrows) but it won't expand because it's already maximized on my main monitor. Get the Latest Tech News Delivered Every Day, Use Combinations to Enter and Exit Full-Screen Mode, How to Activate Full-Screen Mode in Google Chrome, How to Activate Full-Screen Mode in the Opera Browser. 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Full-screen and maximized modes aren't the same. Re: Browser won't open full screen in Windows 7 IE8 « Reply #8 on: January 14, 2010, 01:28:27 PM » another way you can achieve what you were wanting is to right click the IE 7 or 8 icon and clikc properties and select start maximized from the run window It won't allow resizing of its window by clicking the Restore box in the upper right-hand corner. Jonathan Fisher is a CompTIA certified technologist with more than 6 years' experience writing for publications like TechNorms and Help Desk Geek. It could be such a disappointment if you have to explicitly maximize your favourite programs every single time they launch open. I don't want to upgrade to Firefox 4 yet because some of my most useful add-ons aren't compatible with it. Close the first IE window. Desktop shortcut icon: Right-click the shortcut icon and select Properties from the drop-down menu that appears. 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