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Illustrator Resizes on File Open

Jun 19, 2012 12:15 PM

This is a silly little issue, but it really bugs me! Whenever I open a file in Illustrator via double-clicking the file in Windows Explorer, Illustrator resizes its main window, as if I've hit the "Restore Down" button in the upper right corner. I then have to click "Restore Up" to expand it to fill the screen again. I'm using Illustrator CS3 and Windows XP. Any ideas?

1878 Views   10 Replies   Latest reply: AndyQ, Jan 24, 2013 1:01 PM
 
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  • Mike Gondek
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    1. Mike Gondek,
    Jun 21, 2012 8:22 AM   in reply to bearcatnat
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    I'm on mac at the moment, but try the consolidate all button.

     

    Screen shot 2012-06-21 at 10.21.02 AM.png

     
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  • sponger246
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    2. sponger246,
    Jun 24, 2012 10:52 AM   in reply to bearcatnat
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    I have the same issue in CS5 but the above idea did not work for me.

     
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  • Ric van der Meer
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    3. Ric van der Meer,
    Jun 24, 2012 1:54 PM   in reply to sponger246
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    Had (and still have) the same issue on CS5 and CS4 both on Windows 7. Earlier I had this also in CS3 in XP. The only way I found to correct this, is by trashing the setting file. This will help only for a short period as this strange behavior will come back after a while.

     

    Been asking around about this issue before but until this post nobody reported this problem. This behavior is not a real problem, but it also bugs me. So if somebody have any idea how to correct this…..

     
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  • Scott Falkner
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    4. Scott Falkner,
    Jun 24, 2012 3:19 PM   in reply to Ric van der Meer
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    I think the only way to correct this is for Adobe to pay a programmer to fix this ancient POS program.

     

    IOW it is impossible.

     
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  • Doug.S
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    5. Doug.S,
    Jun 25, 2012 4:31 AM   in reply to Scott Falkner
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    Try dragging the file into open Ai app, perhaps that is an easier method that does not resize the app window?

     
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  • mad*
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    6. mad*,
    Jun 26, 2012 11:53 PM   in reply to bearcatnat
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    I have got the same Problem on a PC Windows 7 Pro 64bit, Ai CS6. In CS5 it worked well. I try to set the "Start Option" for the Programm to "Full Screen" but when I open a new file the window downsizes again.

     
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  • AndyQ
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    7. AndyQ,
    Oct 2, 2012 3:07 PM   in reply to Scott Falkner
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    I just keep expecting this to be fixed but with every U/G it's still there. I'm on CS6 now and it's back to annoy me....do they ever test this software?

     
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  • BigChili
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    8. BigChili,
    Jan 10, 2013 9:08 AM   in reply to bearcatnat
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    I just started having this problem after I bought a larger monitor. (CS5 XP)

    Incredibly annoying!!!

     
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  • Harryharry1987
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    9. Harryharry1987,
    Jan 23, 2013 10:09 PM   in reply to bearcatnat
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    I have got the same Problem. Now its fixed. change your scratch disk to some other drives

     
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  • AndyQ
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    10. AndyQ,
    Jan 24, 2013 1:01 PM   in reply to Harryharry1987
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    Changing scratch disks (i.e. Illustrator CS6 scratch disk settings) didn't help for me (on a machine with 4 fixed HDD's) and I tried a few combinations of primary/secondary scratch disks.

     
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