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I have just move to MS Windows 10, and installed emacs. Emacs starts with the frame maximized. I don't want that. I tried the -geometry option. First an initial frame is evident. Then a smaller frame corresponding (I think) to the -geometry specification. Then the frame maximizes.

How can I prevent that maximization?

I grabbed a .emacs file from the Internet that set up some defaults that I like. This default behaior is one I don't like, but I can't see where in the .emacs file this it is specified.

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    Unless this is a Windows 10 thing-a-majig, Emacs should not start with the frame maximized if there is no user-configuration. Try with zero user-configuration, aka Emacs -Q and verify that Emacs is not maximized on startup. Then, bisect your user configuration and find out where you are maximizing it. Adding toggle-frame-maximized is likely undoing something you have done earlier in the startup process. As such, adding toggle-frame-maximized (to the end of the .emacs file) is almost certainly the wrong answer (or it is inefficient at best). – lawlist Apr 13 '18 at 23:01
  • I'm running Emacs 25/26 on Windows 10 and don't see this behavior, so agreed this is likely some local configuration issue. – glucas May 14 '18 at 13:24
  • @glucas I'm sure it is, thanks. I grabbed a .emacs file from the Internet that set up some defaults that I like. This default behaior is one I don't like, but I can't see where in the .emacs file this it is specified. When I first posted, I couldn't figure out how to un-do it. I eventually found a way, and posted it as a solution. – garyp May 14 '18 at 15:18
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Adding (toggle-frame-maximized) to the end of .emacs did the job.

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