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Edge opens in a tiny window in the upper left of my monitor

Anonymous
2025-03-26T13:52:14+00:00

Help! When I open Edge, it creates a tiny window in the upper left of my monitor and I can barely see the right edge of the window. I can see the Close, Copilot and Favorites functions only - I can't maximize it. This has occurred on/off for a couple of months and somehow I've gotten past it, but I can't today. Google Chrome opens fine. Running Windows 11.

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  1. DaveM121 882.3K Reputation points Independent Advisor
    2025-03-26T15:34:06+00:00

    Thank you for the screenshot.

    Open Edge.

    On the Taskbar, hover your mouse over the Edge icon.

    When the Edge thumbnail appears, right click it and select Maximise.

    Does that maximise the Edge window?

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  2. Anonymous
    2025-03-26T15:20:00+00:00

    Tried it - didn't work.

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  3. DaveM121 882.3K Reputation points Independent Advisor
    2025-03-26T15:16:04+00:00

    Create a Desktop shortcut for Edge.

    Right click that shortcut and select Properties.

    On the resulting dialog, select the Shortcut tab and set the Run drop-down menu to Maximised.

    Then if you open Edge with that shortcut, does it open in a full screen window?

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  4. Anonymous
    2025-03-26T15:10:13+00:00

    Thanks for your help Dave!!!

    I tried both of your suggestions and I still have the same problem.

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  5. DaveM121 882.3K Reputation points Independent Advisor
    2025-03-26T14:28:53+00:00

    Hi, I am Dave, I will help you with this.

    1

    Open the Settings App, then go to Apps - Installed Apps.

    Scroll down to find Microsoft Edge, select it and select Modify - Repair to see if that can resolve the problem.

    2

    If that does not resolve the problem, download the Edge installer from this link and use that to re-install Edge on top of itself.

    https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/edge/download

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