MS EDGE gone weird !

chris75 · 20th November 2023, 20:05

Using windows 10 and ms Edge browser on a desktop pc .
As of today when I open Edge browser on my desktop , instead of a full screen view I get a narrow window about 1/4 of the screen opening on the right of the screen . I can not drag it across or widen it with the mouse . I have found that I can get full screen view by pressing F11 key , which is new to me , but then I lose the taskbar at the bottom and the toolbar across the top . Again I have now found that by moving the cursor to the top of the screen I get my toolbar back , but it is temporary and vanishes when I move the cursor . Whilst the home page is in the narrow view it does have the taskbar and toolbar visible .
Everything was fine when I shut down last night , but was changed when I switched on this morning ; I really don't feel it is anything I have accidentally done

Anybody know what has happened ?

Teflon · 20th November 2023, 20:36

The disappearing task bar is a setting in Windows. "Right click" the task bar, select "task bar settings" and deselect any of the options for "automatically hide task bar".

Cliff

chris75 · 20th November 2023, 20:42

Just had a look there again ; they are all deselected already .
There is a section there for multiple displays but the choices are all disabled and I can't use them

Teflon · 21st November 2023, 08:16

Quote:

Originally Posted by chris75

Just had a look there again ; they are all deselected already .
There is a section there for multiple displays but the choices are all disabled and I can't use them

That's odd, not sure what's going on in that case

.

Cliff

Lagetha · 21st November 2023, 14:28

Quote:

Originally Posted by chris75

Using windows 10 and ms Edge browser on a desktop pc .
As of today when I open Edge browser on my desktop , instead of a full screen view I get a narrow window about 1/4 of the screen opening on the right of the screen . I can not drag it across or widen it with the mouse . I have found that I can get full screen view by pressing F11 key , which is new to me , but then I lose the taskbar at the bottom and the toolbar across the top . Again I have now found that by moving the cursor to the top of the screen I get my toolbar back , but it is temporary and vanishes when I move the cursor . Whilst the home page is in the narrow view it does have the taskbar and toolbar visible .
Everything was fine when I shut down last night , but was changed when I switched on this morning ; I really don't feel it is anything I have accidentally done

Anybody know what has happened ?

On the top right of your browser (edge) window are three symbols, a minus (-) sign, a square (⬜) and a cross (x)...

Use these to hide the window in the task bar, minimise/maximise the window, or close the window. I think your browser window has been minimised, so clicking on the second icon should restore it to maximised window size.

chris75 · 21st November 2023, 16:10

Thanks for that Kevin.
I know the symbols you refer to , but there is another problem with them !
When I open the browser , the window is to the far right of the screen and only displays the left side of that window , about 1/4 of full width ; I am not able to scroll across the window to get to the right hand side where the symbols you refer to would be , as there is no slide bar on it and it won't drag with the mouse .
I can change it to full screen using F11 and then if I put the mouse to the top of that screen I get my tool bar and can see the 3 symbols . But here's the problem , in this view the square you mention is not a square but 2 arrows pointing at each other ! I guess this is an option to minimise , and if I click on it the window does go back to a narrow view at the right of my screen .
Back to square one

A puzzle is that the narrow window does not look like a full window with both sides defined ; it is as if the right of the window is off screen to the right . Is taht making sense ?

xsport · 21st November 2023, 16:35

have you looked under appearance/settings menu ... preferences ..

xsport · 21st November 2023, 16:41

settings/system/display layout /settings / default ... must be somewhere in there from the command box screen start up menu.

chris75 · 21st November 2023, 18:13

I've been wading through all that stuff . Haven't found anything relevant yet ........

Will keep looking but it's just guesswork !

Rogue · 21st November 2023, 18:41

Have you tried holding down the windows key and use the curser keys to show full screen?

20th November 2023, 20:05	#1
chris75 same car since 2005 2001 Rover 75 2.0 v6 Connoisseur Saloon Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Ellesmere Port , Cheshire Posts: 3,811 Thanks: 379 Thanked 549 Times in 466 Posts	MS EDGE gone weird ! Using windows 10 and ms Edge browser on a desktop pc . As of today when I open Edge browser on my desktop , instead of a full screen view I get a narrow window about 1/4 of the screen opening on the right of the screen . I can not drag it across or widen it with the mouse . I have found that I can get full screen view by pressing F11 key , which is new to me , but then I lose the taskbar at the bottom and the toolbar across the top . Again I have now found that by moving the cursor to the top of the screen I get my toolbar back , but it is temporary and vanishes when I move the cursor . Whilst the home page is in the narrow view it does have the taskbar and toolbar visible . Everything was fine when I shut down last night , but was changed when I switched on this morning ; I really don't feel it is anything I have accidentally done Anybody know what has happened ? __________________ Who said it was simples ?

20th November 2023, 20:36	#2
Teflon This is my second home Lagoon 2.0 V6 75 Conn SE Saloon Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Chertsey Posts: 5,203 Thanks: 2,825 Thanked 2,920 Times in 1,570 Posts	The disappearing task bar is a setting in Windows. "Right click" the task bar, select "task bar settings" and deselect any of the options for "automatically hide task bar". Cliff __________________ No. 4 of 6

20th November 2023, 20:42	#3
chris75 same car since 2005 2001 Rover 75 2.0 v6 Connoisseur Saloon Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Ellesmere Port , Cheshire Posts: 3,811 Thanks: 379 Thanked 549 Times in 466 Posts	Just had a look there again ; they are all deselected already . There is a section there for multiple displays but the choices are all disabled and I can't use them __________________ Who said it was simples ?

21st November 2023, 16:10	#6
chris75 same car since 2005 2001 Rover 75 2.0 v6 Connoisseur Saloon Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Ellesmere Port , Cheshire Posts: 3,811 Thanks: 379 Thanked 549 Times in 466 Posts	Thanks for that Kevin. I know the symbols you refer to , but there is another problem with them ! When I open the browser , the window is to the far right of the screen and only displays the left side of that window , about 1/4 of full width ; I am not able to scroll across the window to get to the right hand side where the symbols you refer to would be , as there is no slide bar on it and it won't drag with the mouse . I can change it to full screen using F11 and then if I put the mouse to the top of that screen I get my tool bar and can see the 3 symbols . But here's the problem , in this view the square you mention is not a square but 2 arrows pointing at each other ! I guess this is an option to minimise , and if I click on it the window does go back to a narrow view at the right of my screen . Back to square one A puzzle is that the narrow window does not look like a full window with both sides defined ; it is as if the right of the window is off screen to the right . Is taht making sense ? __________________ Who said it was simples ? Last edited by chris75; 21st November 2023 at 16:16..

21st November 2023, 18:13	#9
chris75 same car since 2005 2001 Rover 75 2.0 v6 Connoisseur Saloon Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Ellesmere Port , Cheshire Posts: 3,811 Thanks: 379 Thanked 549 Times in 466 Posts	I've been wading through all that stuff . Haven't found anything relevant yet ........ Will keep looking but it's just guesswork ! __________________ Who said it was simples ?

21st November 2023, 16:35	#7
xsport Posted a thing or two rover 75 club se Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Leicester Posts: 1,660 Thanks: 358 Thanked 419 Times in 310 Posts	have you looked under appearance/settings menu ... preferences ..

21st November 2023, 16:41	#8
xsport Posted a thing or two rover 75 club se Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Leicester Posts: 1,660 Thanks: 358 Thanked 419 Times in 310 Posts	settings/system/display layout /settings / default ... must be somewhere in there from the command box screen start up menu.

21st November 2023, 18:41	#10
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