When I open my Outlook Express email it now comes up off center so
that the right side scroll bar is hidden, and there's a small gap on
the left side of the screen that will not "stretch" when I try to drag
it to full size. Otherwise, the page is full size. I can just barely
click on the Maximize button in the upper right corner and when I do,
the left side gap disappears and the right scroll bar comes in view.

I've tried the following: right-click OE desktop icon, select
Properties; in the Run field, change "Normal Windows" to "Maximized."
However, when I select Apply, this message pops up: SHORTCUT. UNABLE
TO SAVE CHANGES TO "OUTLOOK EXPRESS 2).INK." ACCESS IS DENIED.

I use IE6 and WIN 98.

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Request for Question Clarification by sublime1-ga on 11 Nov 2004 21:15 PST

Hi again! Thanks for asking for me...

Rather than stretch the window to the left, my first appoach
would be to click on the title bar at the very top of the 
OE window and drag the whole window to the left, as needed,
to center it. In some cases, you might find that, even though
the left side is unresponsive to resizing, if you move the
window to the left until the right edge is accessible, you'll
be able to resize the window from there.

Once you've moved it and resized it to your satisfaction, 
hopefully you can close it and it will re-open to your new
location.

Incidentally, the phenomena you describe is sometimes caused
by having the Windows taskbar (or any taskbar) on the left
side where the gap appears. When you locate a taskbar there,
even if you quickly set it to auto-hide, all open windows
immediately recede on that side to accommodate the taskbar.

Let me know where this takes you...

sublime1-ga

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Clarification of Question by monreale-ga on 12 Nov 2004 17:43 PST

So, for, example, I open "Google Answers Activity Report" from OE,
with your suggestion. No matter where I click on the open window it
will not be dragged to the left. It will move up or down but not left.
Granted, it only takes an extra click (horrors!) for me to maximize
the window. But I wonder what started this glitch and I'd rather have
everthing working normally.

Incidentally, my taskbar is on the bottom, not on the left.

What's next?

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Clarification of Question by monreale-ga on 12 Nov 2004 17:48 PST

FLASH! I just executed your suggestion correctly, instead of
half-...edly, and it works. As far as I'm concerned the problem is
solved. Thanks, sublime1-ga.

monreale...

Excellent! I'm pleased to have been of assistance. Sorry
my instructions weren't crystal clear. I'll repeat the 
answer here for the sake of formality and future readers:

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Rather than stretch the window to the left, my first appoach
would be to click on the title bar at the very top of the 
OE window (not the top edge, but in the area where the title
is) and drag the whole window to the left, as needed, to center
it. In some cases, you might find that, even though the left
side is unresponsive to resizing, if you move the window to 
the left until the right edge is accessible, you'll be able
to resize the window from there.

Once you've moved it and resized it to your satisfaction, 
hopefully you can close it and it will re-open to your new
location.

Incidentally, the phenomena you describe is sometimes caused
by having the Windows taskbar (or any taskbar) on the left
side where the gap appears. When you locate a taskbar there,
even if you quickly set it to auto-hide, all open windows
immediately recede on that side to accommodate the taskbar.
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I didn't research this, since this situation was familiar
to me.

Best regards...

sublime1-ga

A-1!