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Maximized screen ignores taskbar


I have a form I set to Maximized, but for some reason it's ignoring the taskbar and maximizing to the entire screen. Is that typical? Is there a workaround?

I'm running Windows XP with a dual monitor setup (taskbar in the first/primary window).


Solution

  • One thing I left out of the description--I'd turned off the maximize button. When I tested turning that property back on, the task bar showed up again. Apparently it assumes if you don't want a maximize button you are creating a kiosk-style application where you don't want your users to see anything but the application screen. Not exactly what I'd expect, but works I guess.