Bill,

Use _screen.WindowState = 2 when your app starts.

>How do I get the application I've created to open in a
>maximized window, when Windows 95 seems to want to open
>it in a midsized window? (It does not open to a form, but
>I do have a bmp file as a background. I can zoom my
>created window but the user must click the max button to
>go full screen when the app first starts.