Hi Kathie If you move the window to the top left and than move your mouse to the bottom right corner until the pointer turns to a double ended arrow, you can resize the window. (by dragging it) It will stay that size when you open it again. Hope this helps Jack Brooks I am hoping once again you brilliant folks can help me. This is a minor annoyance but annoying to me anyway. I had a bad crash last week, had to reformat the entire hard drive. Now when I click on a link or open any browser window, they come up minimized and I have to click again to open them full sized. Prior to my crash my computer was configured to open all browser windows maximized. Can someone please point me in the direction of how to do this? I have tried holding down Shift when I close, I have tried clicking on the title bar to open, so far nothing works. The only thing I've managed to get to stay maximized is the Inbox of Outlook Express. This is probably so simple but I just can't recall how I did it. And none of my Dummies books are helping either. Kathie " "Hold No Punches.." Rode brings you great shareware/freeware programs with his honest opinions in this weekly column. http://freepctech.com/rode