Open webpage incognito mode max size FAIL

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I am trying to open a YouTube page with incognito mode
It opens but the code ignores the ProcessWindowStyle.Maximized
Will post code in What I have tried

What I have tried:

Using process As New Process()
    process.StartInfo.FileName = "chrome.exe"
    process.StartInfo.Arguments = webPAGE & " --incognito"
    process.StartInfo.WindowStyle = ProcessWindowStyle.Maximized
    process.Start()
End Using

chrome.exe lives here
'C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application

Posted 8-Jul-24 10:39am

Choroid

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Pete O'Hanlon 9-Jul-24 2:12am

Are you trying to maximize it as in pressing F11 (Full Screen) maximize, or does Chrome start minimized?

Choroid 9-Jul-24 12:30pm

Chrome starts in a size window that is NOT maximized
NOT really minimized SO thanks for the comment
See Richard Deeming Solution working with command line switches
whole new syntax. I guess it is like another language

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Richard Deeming · Accepted Answer · 2024-07-08T22:14:00

Solution 1

Try adding --start-maximized to the arguments.

You can find an exhaustive list of command-line switches for Chromium here:
List of Chromium Command Line Switches « Peter Beverloo[^]

Posted 8-Jul-24 22:14pm

Richard Deeming

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Choroid 9-Jul-24 12:24pm

Richard thanks so much this solved the issue
The sad thing is I did see that site you suggested but it is overwhelming my bad
The code structure is interesting double -- at the start and one - for subsequent commands here is my fix
Process.Start("chrome.exe", "-maximized --incognito " & webPAGE)
The Using process code was removed Great now only one line of code
Thanks one more time Richard