Excel program maximizing

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when i was coding in visual basic 2008, and a excel file started, it came the size i had left it the last time i used it..... know with Visual Studio 2020, it comes up full screen all the time...... i am using the 365 office

if i launch the same excel program from a desktop short cut it comes up like it should.

What I have tried:

Process.Start("C:\a_home\test.xlsm",)

Posted 25-Feb-22 2:45am

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Updated 3-Mar-22 7:37am

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Richard MacCutchan 25-Feb-22 10:45am

Check your StartInfo settings.

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Maciej Los · Answer 1 · 2022-03-03T06:48:00

Solution 1

Try this:

C#

Process.Start("Excel.exe");

or

C#

Process.Start("Excel.exe", @"C:\a_home\test.xlsm");

This should do the job.

Posted 3-Mar-22 6:48am

Maciej Los

Luc Pattyn · Answer 2 · 2022-03-03T07:37:00

C#

ProcessStartInfo psi = new ProcessStartInfo();
psi.FileName = "excel.exe";
psi.Arguments = "myfile.xlsx";
psi.WindowStyle = ProcessWindowStyle.Normal;
Process.Start(psi);

should do it, but Google seems to tell me there are some sizing problems with Excel...

ADDED:
On my Win10 PC, Excel365 always opens a file the same way the last Excel session was terminated (on whatever file), so if you close Excel when its document was maximized, the next document you open with Excel will be shown maximized no matter what.