Although many Windows apps go full screen automatically — particularly games — you can’t always count on that when you’re trying to maximize the content you see. Here’s how you can ...

At times you may want to not just maximize your Windows Explorer, but make it go full-screen! There is a simple way to 'maximize it'!

In Windows 11/10 you can open a Command Prompt in full-screen, but in Windows 7 or Windows Vista, if you try to maximize the command prompt window, it will expand only to cover around half the screen.

If you just want to start the player alone (i.e. not launch a file right away), you cannot launch it in full screen mode, but you can configure it to launch maximized.

However, I understand that full screen mode might not be your cup of tea because getting to the various tool windows -- Solution Explorer, for example -- isn't obvious (you also lose the window's ...