As opposed to maximizing, I use the program MinMaxExtender to resize
windows to the top and bottom edges of the screen (but not covering the
taskbar). This just by one click on a button that sits next to the
[minimize, maximize, close] buttons. You can also configure other
buttons. I have one shareware program that this conflicts with, and
was wondering if anyone knew of another program like this.
If you are interested in MinMaxExtender, here is one of the sites it is
available at:
http://www.monctoncomputerservice.com/revenger_inc/mmext.html