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19 Sep 2008Edit 2: Real full screen mode is available in the latest release of Google Chrome. You simply need to press F11.
Edit: For clarification – there is no full-screen mode in Google Chrome yet. This simply opens the browser maximized.
One thing that many users may find frustrating is that Google Chrome opens in window mode. Thankfully there is a simple fix for this. By editing the Google Chrome shortcut, you simply need to add the -start-maximized parameter to the end of the shortcut line.
Your new shortcut line should look something like this:
C:\Users\[user]\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe -start-maximized
Problem solved! Chrome will now open in full-screen mode.
14 Responses to Full-screen Google Chrome on Open
movie fan
September 21st, 2008 at 8:37 am
it’s funny, the more i use Chrome (for windows), the more unstable it seems to get… crashes a lot more, can’t handle sites with flash, hangs every time i close a tab… all that to say, i’m switching back to Firefox
Maarten
October 5th, 2008 at 9:57 pm
doing this makes it start in Maximized Window mode, but NOT in Fullscreen mode.
admin
October 7th, 2008 at 10:44 am
Maarten, I guess that’s the difference in terminology. Technically you are correct, but for the average Joe, that’s what a lot of people would call full-screen.
Moru
November 22nd, 2008 at 2:32 am
I was looking for true fullscreen, like Maarten, and was disappointed when this wasn’t it.
Angry Mobster #1372
December 13th, 2008 at 10:41 am
When are we going to get actual fullscreen!?
Jarne
December 18th, 2008 at 4:01 am
I was also looking for (real) fullscreen mode…
Pardo
December 27th, 2008 at 3:48 am
I also came here from Google looking for REAL fullscreen Chrome.
I’m sorry, but I just don’t buy the “average Joe” argument. To me, saying “fullscreen Chrome” is just for the sake of getting more hits, and more page views. I guess that the visits coming from Google would be *A LOT* less if the post were correctly named “Maximized Google Chrome on Open”.
Alex
December 28th, 2008 at 2:18 pm
@Pardo
This is Google’s implementation of full screen. There is no incentive to get more hits from Google, and I am certainly not making any money from the site.
Until Google change things, this is the best you can do. It’s unfortunate but it is better than nothing. It’s apparently on their to-do list.
Jesper Hertel
December 29th, 2008 at 7:15 am
@Alex
“This is Google’s implementation of full screen.”
No, maximize and full screen are two quite different concepts, and I am very sure that Google agrees with me and the others on this and that Google would not say that this is their implementation of full screen.
As you can also see from the name of the parameter, “-start-maximized”, this is not full screen, this is a simple maximizing of the window, making the window fit the available window space on the screen, not even hiding the windows process bar. The parameter is useful, but it has nothing to do with a full screen mode.
In a full screen mode, the Windows process bar, the window border and probably the minimize, maximize and close buttons are hidden, and often even the address bar and tabs are automatically hidden. Otherwise it is not full screen. Open Internet Explorer, press F11, and see what full screen is.
I also came here because I googled “chrome full screen” and was disappointed that this had nothing to do with full screen but only with maximizing Chrome when it is started.
Merry Christmas and best regards,
Jesper
chrome story
March 2nd, 2009 at 4:24 am
this feature will be fixed with the next release !!
bologo
March 20th, 2009 at 2:58 am
It doesnt work!
Alex
March 20th, 2009 at 9:38 am
Are you sure you’re doing it right? It’s working fine here.
eofn
August 22nd, 2009 at 6:32 pm
not workin….
rodo
November 24th, 2009 at 4:05 am
hah the average Joe … I’m sure the average Joe knows the difference of watching a movie in QuickTime/Windows Media full screen or with the toolbars around