# Window resize problem in Outlook **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [January 6, 2005, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/window-resize-problem-in-outlook/283449 "2005-01-06T20:35:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2005, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/window-resize-problem-in-outlook/283449/1 "2005-01-06T20:35:20Z")
When I use Outlook (2002) at work, I like to keep my “Inbox” as the main window and usually open the calendar or other folders in a new window. Up until a few weeks ago, the new window always opened as a slightly-less-than-maximized sized window (i.e. covering most of my screen). However, lately the new windows have been opening at about one-fourth size. It’s especially annoying when opening the calendar, as everything is all scrunched up and I have to maximize or manually resize the window before I can read anything. I thought that there was a trick where holding “Shift” or “Ctrl” while resizing a window would cause new windows to open in that new size, but that doesn’t seem to be working. (I don’t know, maybe I’m remembering that trick from my OS/2 days.) Nothing I’ve tried will make my new windows in Outlook open larger like they used to. Any suggestions? I’ve tried googling for a solution but have not been able to find anything that applies to this particular situation. ---
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2005, 10:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/window-resize-problem-in-outlook/283449/2 "2005-01-07T10:46:05Z")
> [@Shoeless](#): > > When I use Outlook (2002) at work, I like to keep my “Inbox” as the main window and usually open the calendar or other folders in a new window. Up until a few weeks ago, the new window always opened as a slightly-less-than-maximized sized window (i.e. covering most of my screen). However, lately the new windows have been opening at about one-fourth size. It’s especially annoying when opening the calendar, as everything is all scrunched up and I have to maximize or manually resize the window before I can read anything. > > I thought that there was a trick where holding “Shift” or “Ctrl” while resizing a window would cause new windows to open in that new size, but that doesn’t seem to be working. (I don’t know, maybe I’m remembering that trick from my OS/2 days.) Nothing I’ve tried will make my new windows in Outlook open larger like they used to. > > Any suggestions? I’ve tried googling for a solution but have not been able to find anything that applies to this particular situation. The [Ctrl] trick with MS applications works on closing windows. If you hold down [Ctrl] while using File/Close (not the top right X) the window settings will be saved. Open Outlook open the Calendar in another window and resize it and close it with [Ctrl] File/Close. When you next open it, it should automatically open a calendar window of the size you want. ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2005, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/window-resize-problem-in-outlook/283449/3 "2005-01-07T14:31:27Z")
I have tried that, but that is not exactly what I’m looking for. If I have Outlook open, then open the calendar in a separate window, then choose “File | Exit” (there is no “Close”) from the calendar window menu while holding down “Ctrl”, it closes both the calendar window \*and \* the main Outlook window. When I reopen Outlook, the calendar window automatically reopens in the size and position it was in when I closed it, but then if I close the Calendar and re-open it in a new window, it is still opening in a one-fourth-sized window. I don’t necessarily want the Calendar to open automatically whenever I open Outlook, but when I do open the Calendar (or any other folder in a new window) I want it to open as a larger-sized window. ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2005, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/window-resize-problem-in-outlook/283449/4 "2005-01-14T15:31:50Z")
Just following up on this. I finally stumbled across the solution a couple days ago and thought I would share what I found, in case anyone was interested. When opening a folder in a new window in Outlook, the size of the new window is _the same size as the main Outlook window when it is not maximized_. No Shift or Ctrl is necessary, just un-maximize the main window, resize as desired, close Outlook and reopen, and maximize the main window again. Opening a new window will result in a window that is the same size that the main window was when Outlook was restarted.