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LRC window doesn't open to full screen when starting.

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Chris Malone

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Hello, I'm new to the forum. I performed a search for my question, but couldn't find a solution.

When I open LRC the program doesn't open in full screen. Sometimes it will, but most of the time it's not full screen but maybe half the size as full screen. I can maximize the window to bring it into full screen, but it's just frustrating that it does this. It's been doing this since maybe late last summer, but I just dealt with it. Recently I had to format and re-install Windows 10, I sort of thought the issue would go away with a clean install, but the problem persists.

Many thanks for any advice or help correcting this issue.
Chris
 
Hello, I'm new to the forum. I performed a search for my question, but couldn't find a solution.

When I open LRC the program doesn't open in full screen. Sometimes it will, but most of the time it's not full screen but maybe half the size as full screen. I can maximize the window to bring it into full screen, but it's just frustrating that it does this. It's been doing this since maybe late last summer, but I just dealt with it. Recently I had to format and re-install Windows 10, I sort of thought the issue would go away with a clean install, but the problem persists.

Many thanks for any advice or help correcting this issue.
Chris

Mine's the same (Windows 10 and LrC 10.2), I just live with it.
 
Mine's the same (Windows 10 and LrC 10.2), I just live with it.
Me, too. It's obviously a bug.
If it bothers you, there's a link at the top of the forum page: "Bug report/Feature request"
 
Mine opens full-screen 98% of the time (also Windows 10 and LR Classic 10.2). Just once in a while it opens in a small window, for some unknown reason.
 
Mine opens full-screen 98% of the time (also Windows 10 and LR Classic 10.2). Just once in a while it opens in a small window, for some unknown reason.
Me too!
 
Just a few thoughts. As far as I am aware LrC reboots to where you were when you Quit the application or shut down.
So if you wish LrC to consistently open in full-screen mode, then you need to be consistent and quit while you are in full-screen mode.
When LrC boots it will open a Catalog file.
If you boot LrC by using the option of double click the Catalog file it should return you to where you were when you quit that session.
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As far as I am aware LrC reboots to where you were when you Quit the application or shut down.
Yes, it is supposed to. For me and a bunch of other people, it doesn't always do that. I never am out of full-screen mode when I close LRC, but it occasionally comes up in a window.
 
I haven't done any controlled testing but this may (or may not) be involved. It seems that when I launch LrC (10.0) using an LrC desktop Icon (Windows/10), if I just let LrC launch it opens to the same size it was when I last used it. However, as I have my catalog on an external portable hard drive (spinning disk, not particularly fast), and my catalog is over 3gb it takes a minute or so for LrC to launch. If I hot key over to some other app like Outlook or a Web browser window (none of which I have sized at "max") while LrC is loading itself then LrC seems to open in a smallish window. it would be interesting to see if anyone else sees this possible correlation.
 
I haven't done any controlled testing but this may (or may not) be involved. It seems that when I launch LrC (10.0) using an LrC desktop Icon (Windows/10), if I just let LrC launch it opens to the same size it was when I last used it. However, as I have my catalog on an external portable hard drive (spinning disk, not particularly fast), and my catalog is over 3gb it takes a minute or so for LrC to launch. If I hot key over to some other app like Outlook or a Web browser window (none of which I have sized at "max") while LrC is loading itself then LrC seems to open in a smallish window. it would be interesting to see if anyone else sees this possible correlation.
I know this is an open question, but since it's easy enough to maximize the LrC window, why not just do that? LR has lots of other unexplained behavior. (Not directed at anyone in particular.)
 
I know this is an open question, but since it's easy enough to maximize the LrC window, why not just do that? LR has lots of other unexplained behavior. (Not directed at anyone in particular.)

I agree with you. I replied that mine is the same to indicate that the OP was not alone. The only person to indicate that this is an issue for them is the OP who stated that "but it's just frustrating that it does this".

Hal P Anderson suggested that the OP report a bug if it was a problem for him. I wonder if he did that?
 
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