Hello Yardbird: If I had to do that, like you, it would drive me mad. I have looked through the settings in Outlook Express. I cannot seem to be able to find the setting you are suggesting I change. Can you do me a favor and suggest what I can do to return OE to its original state. You also might be able to help me solve another problem which I have already mentioned on the list. For the past month or so, When I write a new message or reply to a message, that someone has posted, the window is always minimized. Prior to that, these windows were maximized. I cannot remember what I did to cause these two windows to be always minimized. I have to maximize the window in these two windows in order for me to read the entire lines of text I have written. How can I set the new message window and reply message window to be always maximized. Outlook Express seems to be the only program that is affected in this way. As I use programs, I am checking to make sure that the programs are maximized. So far, I have not found a program I use is showing that any of the windows within these programs are minimized by default. Even if they are, as soon as I maximize the program's window, it stays that way! Someone on the list suggested I use a program, I think it was called Maximizer. I do not want to use a program to perform this function unless I really have to do so. I hope you can help with these two problems. Thanks in anticipation. Sincerely: Dave Durber -- JFW related links: JFW homepage: http://www.freedomscientific.com/ Scripting mailing list: http://lists.the-jdh.com/listinfo.cgi/scriptography-the-jdh.com JFW List instructions: To post a message to the list, send it to jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe from this mailing list, send a message to jfw-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word unsubscribe in the subject line. Archives located at: //www.freelists.org/archives/jfw If you have any concerns about the list, post received from the list, or the way the list is being run, do not post them to the list. Rather contact the list owner at jfw-admins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx