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Fix the "Restore" AI Window Size when opening an AI file from File Explorer

What we want is simple, make it so that opening an AI file from File Explorer does not change if AI is in windowed mode, or fullscreen mode.

This has been an issue for years that disrupts the workflow of users on a regular basis. Here is an old forum thread going back as far as June 2012 further detailing this ongoing issue: https://forums.adobe.com/thread/1026020

When opening an AI file from File Explorer, Illustrator automatically Restores down to a window from Maximized mode. While the work-around, (of extending edges of Illustrator's window from edge-to-edge of the desired monitor), minimizes the impact of being reduced to windowed mode, many other users, including myself, still find ourselves re-Maximizing the window to fullscreen.

Adobe, via Creative Cloud, recently launched the first round of 2019 Edition updates, and it would be greatly appreciated if this pesky and disruptive issue would be resolved at last.

Thanks for your time.

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  • billmalenfant commented  ·   ·  Report

    i had to file for depress leave at work for 2 years now

  • billmalenfant commented  ·   ·  Report

    such an impressive feature that no one ever desired

  • Andrew commented  ·   ·  Report

    My little nephew is 9 he is learning computer programming at his school for very smart kids. He made a computer program the other day and I was genuinely surprised that this little boy is smarter than all of Adobe, Inc. combined! His program did not resize its window unless I did it intentionally. Wow! Maybe I can give you guys his contact info?

  • Liina commented  ·   ·  Report

    I can't believe this hasn't been fixed by Adobe yet. If you, too, are struggling with this long-lasting issue, please create an account and sign in to actually VOTE that this issue is Critical. Thanks in advance.

  • Andrew commented  ·   ·  Report

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  • Andrew commented  ·   ·  Report

    Just got back from the organ donation center, ready to pay another Creative Cloud monthly subscription fee. Should cover the cost of fixing this, right?

  • Andrew commented  ·   ·  Report

    Please help, every time Illustrator arbitrarily resizes the window on file open it partially obscures the picture of my beautiful family on my desktop and because I have issues with object permanence every time this happens I fear they have all disappeared from this earth and it causes me great distress and mental anguish

  • Andrew commented  ·   ·  Report

    This is the only computer application ever made that has this issue. Would be impressive if it wasn't extremely annoying. Please fix

  • Reio commented  ·   ·  Report

    Another horrific issue in addition to the (now again) solved GPU acceleration.

    Window size changes when opening files, some panels are closed as a result and the main toolbar is resized...

  • Tejas commented  ·   ·  Report

    yes, happens here everyday, really annoying. Please fix this.

  • Mitch Pope commented  ·   ·  Report

    Please Adobe, this bug is well over a decade old now.
    Having to manually resize the window all the time is just so annoying and the occasional error when the window is "too small" to open a file is infuriating.

  • Anonymous commented  ·   ·  Report

    when i open a file the illustrator window will minimize, not a huge issue but annoying nevertheless

  • Robert L. Lynch commented  ·   ·  Report

    This has been a problem for a decade, it's asinine that anyone is paying what Adobe charges when they refuse to address something this basic.

  • Neal commented  ·   ·  Report

    Issue since CS3. Here we are in 2021 and still not resolved. I'm beginning to wonder if this is worth the cost of the subscription. Please Adobe....I shudder at the thought of using the Reef competitor who shall not be named....don't make me switch!!

    Seriously though, AI crashed on me this morning with 4 non-graphically intense files open none of which had been saved. I wasn't worried since auto-backup has been working amazingly lately. And yet, I lost all of those files because when I went to reopen Illustrator, upon trying to restore the files it could not do so because THE WINDOW WAS TOO SMALL TO OPEN THE FILES! Come on...you charge and we pay good money for a good product. Fix it, switch to freeware or get out of the way.

  • Michael commented  ·   ·  Report

    Illustrator has been working this ****** way since the dinosaur age. Not sure who is the genius behind the development team who think this is how it suppose to work.

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