I think what you want to do is put this code on the On Open event of the form:
DoCmd.Maximize
Then each form and report you don't want maximized, set the Pop Up property to Yes. If you don't do this, if you run a report on a maximized form, it will max the report, then when you close, the form will be restored to min.
HTH
mmcdonal
Look it up at:
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