Getting a shortcut to IE to open fullscreen?

[Hondajt]

I have a shortcut to mymiami.edu on my desktop. How do I make it so that when I double click it, it opens fullscreen instead of partial? I tried a search, but I must have been using the wrong terms.

edit* I want it maximized, not fullscreen.

 

[acurasd]

Here you go.. It looks like switch "K"

Internet Explorer Command-Line Options

 

[Hondajt]

I do not want it in Kiosk mode, just maximized. Sorry, Bad wording on my part.

But seriously, thank you for the very fast response!

 

[Sik00]

Go into the Properties for IE, under the Shortcut tab, you will see a drop menu titled "Run". Switch this to Maximized.

 

[Hondajt]

Go into the Properties for IE, under the Shortcut tab, you will see a drop menu titled "Run". Switch this to Maximized.

I feel silly, but I cannot find what you are talking about. Could you post a picture maybe?

 

[acurasd]

Oh yeah.. Duh... forgot all about that. But yeah.. that will do it.

 

[Sik00]

Right click the shortcut on your desktop, and choose Properties.

 

[Hondajt]

Mine doesnt look like that....

 

[Sik00]

Mine doesnt look like that....

Oops, my mistake. That's because the method I posted works for the IE shortcut, not a shortcut to a website itself..

If you are comfortable editing your registry, you may want to navigate to
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main and find the FullScreen entry. It should be "no", you can switch it to "yes".

There is also a freeware program called IE New Window Maximizer
I haven't tried this program since XP, so Windows 7 may or may not run it correctly.

 

[Hondajt]

^^I'm good with the regedit! thanks. +repped!

 

[Hondajt]

If you are comfortable editing your registry, you may want to navigate to
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main and find the FullScreen entry. It should be "no", you can switch it to "yes".

That didn't work. Any other ideas?

 

[A Guy]

Try this. Open the webpage (with links on it). Drag the corners until the page is maximized (don't use the maximize in upper right corner).

Choose a link on that webpage you opened, and right click that link, and choose open in a new window.

Drag the corners on that second window until the page is maximized (don't use the maximize in upper right corner).

Close the first window using the X in upper right corner. Now close the second window.

See if that doesn't work. If not, repeat the above, but when closing both windows, hold Ctrl and Shift keys while clicking the X. A Guy

 

[acurasd]

Mine doesnt look like that....

View attachment 132704

Oh, that is because you are running the properties from a shortcut that has the association to Internet Explorer.. If you were to find the Shortcut that pointed to the IE.exe file.. than it would show as normal.

 

[Hondajt]

Try this. Open the webpage (with links on it). Drag the corners until the page is maximized (don't use the maximize in upper right corner).

Choose a link on that webpage you opened, and right click that link, and choose open in a new window.

Drag the corners on that second window until the page is maximized (don't use the maximize in upper right corner).

Close the first window using the X in upper right corner. Now close the second window.

See if that doesn't work. If not, repeat the above, but when closing both windows, hold Ctrl and Shift keys while clicking the X. A Guy

neither of those worked. This is odd. Is there a different way to make a shortuct to this site I could use?

https://mymiami.muohio.edu/webapps/portal/frameset.jsp

 

[Sik00]

You can create a shortcut to IE on your desktop. Right click that shortcut, hit properties, and in the target line, you'll see something along the lines of

"C:\Program Files (x86)\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe"

You can add a URL after this target entry to open that shortcut to the desired site.

Example: If you wanted it to open google.com, you'd put:

"C:\Program Files (x86)\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe" www.google.com

Make sure there is a space after the last quotation mark.


For you..it would probably be (depending if you are running 64 bit or 32 bit, the x86 may or may not appear):

"C:\Program Files (x86)\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe" https://mymiami.muohio.edu/webapps/login/?new_loc=%2fwebapps%2fportal%2fframeset.jsp

From there, you can use the "Run" dropdown in that same window to select it as Maximized, so it will open maxed, and to that page.

 

[peterwil0]

Making IE Shortcuts Full screen

IF you want to make a desktop shortcut to an IE site open full screen in Win7

The ONLY way I have found.......in IE Tools>Add to Start Menu

Then open Start Menu and drag the shortcut to the desktop

Peter

 

[johnnya]

Absolutely brilliant Peter. Finally a workable solution for this nagging problem. Works every time.
Just have to remember to remove the Short Cuts from the Start Menu & All programs list.

How on earth did you ever come up with this solution? Reps given. Oops, can't seem to see a REP Button on your post.

Cheers
A fellow Canadian
JohnnyA