How to maximize Emacs on Windows at startup?

Question

This is driving me crazy: I simply want Emacs to maximize to whatever screen resolution I have at startup. Ideally I like a cross-platform (Windows & Linux) solution tha

Answer 1

If you really want to run Emacs full screen without window chrome (title bar and max/min/close button), then try the mode below. This worked for me with Emacs 23.3.1 on XP SP3.

http://www.martyn.se/code/emacs/darkroom-mode/