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I.E. 5.5 maximizes at wrong coords

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by a former member

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Internet Explorer locates at a position about 80 pixels from both the top and left edges of the Windows desktop whenever I click the browser's Maximize button. As it is maximized, I can't manually drag it to where it should be to fill the desktop.This began after I visited a website several days ago & my browser window was unexpectedly shrunk to about 1/3 its original size!(I was using current anti-virus and firewall). How is this corrected and what caused it?

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by Former member

I've had I.E. 5.5 installed with no glitches since it was first offered.

by modijayesh01

RESIZE WINDOWS MIN/MAX BUTTONS

If you sometimes find it difficult to hit the Minimize\Maximize,
Restore, and Close buttons at the top right of a window, use this
Registry edit
to resize them. The settings provided below make them longer across the
title bar of a window. You may have to adjust the settings to allow for
your screen resolution. Remember to make a note of your original
settings
(or export the Registry key before making these changes) in case you
need
to go back to them. Of course, before any work in the Registry Editor,
remember to always back it up first.

1. Click Start | Run.

2. Type regedit and click OK.

3. Navigate to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop\WindowMetrics in
order to start the Registry Editor.

4. Double-click on the CaptionWidth value and alter it to 40.

5. Double-click on the CaptionHeight value and alter it to -165.

6. Restart your computer for the changes to take effect and take a look
at your new window title bar.

Good luck ( Answer from one document I received from Tech republic.com)

by Former member

Actually, thanks; but this is not my actual problem. I can still click (just barely, in the case of the "close" button) all of the buttons when the window is "maximized." The REAL problem is that the window has decided to locate its "0,0"coordinates at about "80,80" ONLY when maximizing... and, of course, THAT'S when the window cannot be dragged. I need to understand how to reset it's default upper and left placement when maximized. Thanks anyway and thanks for the "Good luck." Scratch your head and see if anything comes to you on this problem, as well as a guess as to how this happened in the first place.

by shanghai sam

RESIZE WINDOWS MIN/MAX BUTTONS

If you sometimes find it difficult to hit the Minimize\Maximize,
Restore, and Close buttons at the top right of a window, use this
Registry edit
to resize them. The settings provided below make them longer across the
title bar of a window. You may have to adjust the settings to allow for
your screen resolution. Remember to make a note of your original
settings
(or export the Registry key before making these changes) in case you
need
to go back to them. Of course, before any work in the Registry Editor,
remember to always back it up first.

1. Click Start | Run.

2. Type regedit and click OK.

3. Navigate to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop\WindowMetrics in
order to start the Registry Editor.

4. Double-click on the CaptionWidth value and alter it to 40.

5. Double-click on the CaptionHeight value and alter it to -165.

6. Restart your computer for the changes to take effect and take a look
at your new window title bar.

Good luck ( Answer from one document I received from Tech republic.com)

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