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How do I create a shortcut to a web page and have IE open a new session with the window maximized?

Submitted by Anonymous on August 1, 2008 - 11:37
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You first have to create the shortcut manually by right-clicking the desktop and selecting New, Shortcut. In the location field, type the path to Internet Explorer enclosed in quotes or click the browse button to look for it. Then you will leave a space then type the web page address. An example would be "c:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\IEXPLORE.EXE" https://univmail.cis.mcmaster.ca. You then have to give the shortcut a name. Once the shortcut has been created, you need to right-click on it and select properties. In the shortcut tab, under the "Run" section, select Maximized.

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The only problem with that

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on April 21, 2009 - 19:48.

The only problem with that description is that in IE8 it still doesn't open up a new session. It just opens up an IE window that links to the last opened IE window. Using this process you still have to click on 'File' and choose the 'new session' option. If anyone has a better solution, please help.

Hi - just checked with one

Submitted by amanda (not verified) on April 22, 2009 - 14:47.

Hi - just checked with one of our resident IT gurus and he confirmed that IE8 doesn't seem to recognize when given the instruction to run maximized in the properties tab of the shortcut. He suggests you try this

c:\path to\IEXPLORE.EXE" -nohome http://URL

...since opening a shortcut in a maximized windows needs a -nohome parameter. Hope that helps!

Thank you, thank you, thank

Submitted by Bill G (not verified) on March 15, 2010 - 12:58.

Thank you, thank you, thank you!!!! After all the hundreds of links and suggestions that DON'T WORK, finally one that does! As an aside, I noticed that I have to actually create a NEW shortcut for this to work. Trying to EDIT an existing shortcut seems to want to automatically prepend "http" ahead of the command structure whenever I click the "apply" button. Again, thanks!