How to Always Open Emails in Maximized Windows

If you want to optimize your monitor's use while reading email messages, maximize the message window. If you don't want to have to do so with each message you open, use this trick to make it happen automatically each time.

The trick is based on how Microsoft Windows saves and reuses window size information. The following instructions explain how you can resize the default window size, so message windows open at the size you prefer.

Open Email Messages in Maximized Windows

When you want to display your email messages so that the message windows fills the screen, follow these steps:

1. Open any email message by double-clicking or double-tapping it.

2. Make sure the window isn't maximized. If it is, in the upper-right corner of the window, select the Restore Down icon (next to the X) to minimize the window.

3. Move the window to the upper-left corner of the screen, as far to the corner as you can get it.

4. From the lower-right corner of the window, drag the corner to the lower-right corner of the screen. You're essentially manually maximizing the window without making it fit the screen perfectly.

5. Close the email window and reopen the same one or a different email. The email should open in this semi-maximized state each time.