>oie.Navigate("\files\data\myfile.html")
>this works. sorry for wasting time!
>can anyone tell me how to open the browser maximized?
>tia - john

Open your MSDN Library and do a search on InternetExplorer [no spaces]. The topic is InternetExplorer Object. This lists the PEMs for IE. Ko is also correct about the FullScreen property. I would like to add that it sucks.