Hi, Zygy.
I don't understand what you have done. When I copy the Documents folder
from the Start Menu to the Desktop, or create a Shortcut on my Desktop, then
click it, I see Windows Explorer in a Normal window, which I can resize as
with any other window. If I set its Properties to Run in a Maximized
window, it opens maximized, but the Restore (size) button is still there as
usual and I can make the window any size I want.
When you say you "copied the Documents Icon from Start to my Task Bar, where
I also have many others which are in daily use", do you mean to your Quick
Launch toolbar? When I copy my Documents icon to QL, I still have the
option to Run in a Normal or Maximized window, so I still don't see the
problem you are having.
By the way, as you probably know, there are 3 views that we often refer to
as "full screen". They may look much the same to us users, but Windows sees
them distinctly differently.
1. Maximized window - such as when we click the square near the X in the
upper right corner.
2. Normal window - stretched to fill the screen.
3. Full Screen - toggled by pressing the F11 key. (Not available in some
windows, such as here in WLM's Compose window.)
RC
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R. C. White, CPA
San Marcos, TX
rc@xxxxxx
Microsoft Windows MVP
(Running Windows Live Mail 2008 in Vista Ultimate x64)
"Zygy" <zygy@xxxxxx> wrote in message
news:O$ORronWIHA.6044@xxxxxx
Quote:
> Hi, Thank you for the reply. To make operating easier, I copied the
> Documents Icon from Start to my Task Bar, where I also have many others
> which are in daily use. However, whichever I click on Documents are
> displayed over the whole of my monitor screen, which makes things
> difficult when I have to copy/drag files from Folders in Documents onto a
> CD. Is there a way of reducing the size of the Documents displayed on the
> Monitor the same as one can do with any other Folder?
> "R. C. White" <rc@xxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:%23UcgOmfWIHA.2000@xxxxxx Quote:
>> Hi, Zygy.
>>
>> You might not have noticed that WinXP's "My Documents" has been renamed
>> to simply "Documents" in Vista. And it's not simply a name change. The
>> organizational structure has changed. You should now find your documents
>> in C:\Users\Zygy\Documents. When you click Start, you should see
>> Documents in the right-hand column of the Start Menu, under your user
>> name. Click that to see a list of your documents, or right-click
>> Documents, then click Explore to open that folder in Windows Explorer.
>>
>> The name "My Documents" still exists, but only as a "Junction", pointing
>> to the new location, for the benefit of legacy applications that have not
>> yet been updated to the new scheme.
>>
>> RC
>>
>> "Zygy" <zygy@xxxxxx> wrote in message
>> news:uugM6WdWIHA.4076@xxxxxx Quote:
>>> In the past when I called up My Documents I was presented with a Folder,
>>> which occupied about one third of my screen. Recently My Documents
>>> Folder is being presented so large it occupies the whole of the screen
>>> and I cannot find anything anywhere to reduce its size! In addition some
>>> of my other Folders are also being presented sometimes in a format which
>>> fills the whole of the screen. Will someone please advise me how to
>>> revert to the format of My Documents Folder, which occupied only one
>>> third of the screen. Thank you.