Solved windows explorer will not open.

[John Murphy]

Help, I am having trouble getting windows 7 explorer window to activate in full screen, can someone please help me resolve this issue please. Thank you. J.

 

[CreepinJesus]

Full screen as in the F11 shortcut?

 

[1Bowtie]

Hover over the edge's and drag or over lower rt corner and drag diagnal

 

[John Murphy]

I am sorry to say I have just tried both your suggestions but alas with no results.

 

[CreepinJesus]

Could you explain in a bit more detail what the problem is? I'm not sure I understand... perhaps a screenshot or something extra, too?

 

[boohbah]

has this just started or has it been happening for some time ,have you tried a reeboot, also try open task manager select "new task" type explorer.exe click ok then see if that helps.

 

[Oaken]

It's worth trying a *clean* restart of Explorer- type TSKILL EXPLORER into the Start/Search box and hit return?

 

[John Murphy]

Thank you for your suggestions I will try them out and inform you of any results. J.View attachment 159105

 

[John Murphy]

I have tried 1Bowtie's suggestion again but all I managed to pull across the screen Is a short-cut of drive C. boohbah. It has been doing this for a while now,I Tried as you suggested "new task" but this also get's stuck on the task bar also. Oaken. I did as you wanted and this also got stuck on the task bar, Thank you all for your suggestions I will try them all until we succeed.

 

[Oaken]

Hi John, from your Problem Steps info it looks like the window has gone off-screen.

Open one instance of Explorer. Then whilst holding down the shift key, right click the Explorer taskbar icon and the System Menu should pop up. Next click on Move, and use the keyboard arrow keys/mouse to move the Window back to a suitable position on-screen.

 

[John Murphy]

Thank you Oaken that done the trick, as you predicted somehow the window had moved off screen. Ialso would like to thank everyone who also helped to resolve my dialema. Your's content John Murphy.

 

[Oaken]

You're welcome John.

 

[1Bowtie]

Glad you got it fixed John

 

[jmb]

Explorer window has gone off-screen !!!

Hi John, from your Problem Steps info it looks like the window has gone off-screen.

Open one instance of Explorer. Then whilst holding down the shift key, right click the Explorer taskbar icon and the System Menu should pop up. Next click on Move, and use the keyboard arrow keys/mouse to move the Window back to a suitable position on-screen.

Dear Oaken,
This is the first time in 25 years that such a thing happened to me too and I have been desperate those last days in the belief that it was due to some Malware.
I never heard before of a window going off-screen, neither new the meaning of this contextual option "Move".
Though your answer to John lays back years ago, it really saved me from a painful situation and I wanted to THANK you very much for the tip and remind other friends on this Forum who might benefit from your experience. With my best regards and sincere admiration... Jean-Marc