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I asked this same question last April and have found that message (http://www.adobeforums.com/webx/.59b4e7c9/3), but Reply is not an option there. Here's the recap:

I need some advice on how to get Acrobat Reader 8 to change a specific behavior. System is Adobe Reader 8.1.2 on Windows XP SP2.

Workflow is this:
1. Open Adobe Reader.
2. Click on the Maximize/Restore Down button to have it expand to fit the full screen.
3. Click on the Minimize button to hide Acrobat Reader in the Task Bar while I work on something else.

If I now open a PDF file by double-clicking it in Windows Explorer, Adobe Reader brings itself out of the Task Bar, but it switches into the smaller Restore Down window size instead of returning to Maximimized full screen mode.

What do I need to set in Reader's preferences or elsewhere that will tell it to return to the same window size that it started at before being Minimized into the Task Bar?

Since I posted that, I have learned that this changing window size only occurs when you have turned off the "Open PDF in browser" option. This makes sense, because the window size is being governed by the web browser that Adobe Reader is working inside.

However, there's another aspect to this: when new documents are opened and Adobe Reader brings itself back up to the Restore Down window size, many times this is positioned so that the bottom and right sides of the window are beyond the dimensions of the desktop.

This means that not only is the window size not returning to what the user wants it to be (Maximized), the user has to spend time moving the window to get to the Maximize/Restore Down button, or else double-click on the top of the window to force it into Maximized mode.

Even manually changing the size of the window and holding down CTRL-ALT-SHIFT while clicking on the X in the upper-right corner of the window doesn't stop Adobe Reader from going back to the size and position it wants to. (Holding CTRL-ALT-SHIFT while closing an application with the X often causes it to remember the window size and position.)

Since there are users who still need to use version 8, when will this issue be resolved?