{"id":4821,"date":"2012-10-03T17:34:57","date_gmt":"2012-10-03T21:34:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/?p=4821"},"modified":"2012-10-03T17:34:57","modified_gmt":"2012-10-03T21:34:57","slug":"heres-another-way-to-control-program-window-sizes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/heres-another-way-to-control-program-window-sizes\/","title":{"rendered":"Here’s another way to control program window sizes"},"content":{"rendered":"

One of the questions we are asked most often is: “How do I get my program window(s) to open full-size?” On all versions of Windows there’s the little trick of maximizing a program window and then closing it by holding down the Shift key while clicking the “X” in the top-right corner. With most programs this will force that program’s window to open full-size (maximized) the next time you open it.<\/p>\n

Windows 7 gives you another way to open program Windows maximized. And it’s really easy to do. Right-click on any program’s icon and choose “Properties”. In the Properties dialog, about 2\/3 of the way down, next to “Run” you’ll see a down-arrow selector. If you click the down arrow you’ll see you have three different windows sizes you can choose from:<\/p>\n

1. Minimized<\/p>\n

2. Normal window<\/p>\n

3. Maximized<\/p>\n

The default size is Normal — but you can change it to Maximized if you want that particular program to always open in a maximized window. Here’s a picture to guide you:<\/p>\n

\"Cloudeight<\/p>\n

Note: This dialog will only appear in “Properties” for program shortcuts. It is not available on shortcuts you’ve created to Web sites.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

One of the questions we are asked most often is: “How do I get my program window(s) to open full-size?” On all versions of Windows there’s the little trick of maximizing a program window and then closing it by holding down the Shift key while clicking the “X” in the top-right corner. With most programs this will force\u2026 Read More »<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4821"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4821"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4821\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4823,"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4821\/revisions\/4823"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4821"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4821"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4821"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}