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   micky to phamp@mindspring.com   
   Re: really maximizing a cmd window.   
   08 Dec 14 23:04:34   
   
   XPost: comp.os.msdos.4dos   
   From: NONONOmisc07@bigfoot.com   
      
   On Mon, 08 Dec 2014 03:12:30 -0800, pyotr filipivich   
    wrote:   
      
   >micky  on Mon, 08 Dec 2014 04:11:58 -0500   
   >typed in alt.msdos.batch  the following:   
   >>I'm running XP-SP3, and have both cmd.exe and TCC-LE.exe   
   >>   
   >>When I run a bat file, it opens a littel cmd window, and if I click on   
   >>the maximize button in the upper right corner, it gets taller, from the   
   >>top of the screen to the bottom, but no wider.  It's about 55% of the   
   >>width of the screen, but I'd like it to be 100%.   
   >   
   >	You may have to change the properties of the window.   
   >   
   >	Right click on the title bar, one option is Properties, click on   
   >that.   
   >	the tab Layout will give you the option to change the Window Size   
   >height and width.   
      
      
   This is good too.    Thanks a lot.   
      
   I forgot to mention that I hanged the properties of the TCC icon to make   
   the window open maximized, but it made no difference.   
      
   >>Is there a way to make it do that?   
   >>   
   >>(I think it used to work that way in 98SE, and maybe even XP, for both   
   >>programs.)   
   >	Not on XP - I made those discoveries back on the XP box.   
   >--   
   >pyotr filipivich   
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