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Vista Tip #1 – Maximize Window Explorer window from shortcut

Feb 23rd, 2007 by

I like to use Windows Explorer in maximize view most of the time.  In Windows XP I would set the Maximize property in the shortcut.  I tried setting the value in Vista but it made no difference.

Registry Setting

A little snooping in the registry turns up the MaximizeApps key.  I don’t know if this works on all apps or just Windows Explorer but I solved my problem.

Find this Key

  • HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\
  • CurrentVersion\Explorer
  • Add a new DWORD value named “MaximizeApps”
    • Set the value to 1

     

    -Walt

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    6 Responses to “Vista Tip #1 – Maximize Window Explorer window from shortcut”

    1. Nigel George says:
      December 6, 2007 at 1:36 am

      Just to let you know, if you set that RegistryKey things like MSN, Older Install Shields, Prompts (from older apps), all open up maximized as well.

    2. Peter says:
      January 28, 2008 at 10:20 am

      Thanks a lot! That really helped!

      Peter

    3. Ad says:
      May 17, 2008 at 9:53 pm

      Thank you very much , this was the tip i’m looking for.

    4. Michiel says:
      December 21, 2008 at 3:51 am

      Thanks, this was just what I needed!!!

    5. Freddyj says:
      February 2, 2009 at 12:15 pm

      Thanks!

      Worked perfectly!!

    6. felicia says:
      February 24, 2009 at 7:00 pm

      This made the new window open up so it took up the full screen, but it didn’t open up maximized. Is there a way to make it truly maximized?